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> In particular, I think a lot of people switch from the "sheep" quadrant and the "naughty ones" pretty freely. They'll want to obey rules until they hit one that they feel doesnt' make sense and/or needs to be broken, and ideally will get back to being "Sheep" once it doesn't make sense to be a "naughty one" anymore (i.e. rules have changed, or better, they changed the rule)

Unethical life pro tip: If you are breaking the rules, at least make a case for why they don't apply to you.

"I'm only stealing to feed my family."

"This isn't an invasion, we're just annexing our own population on the other side of this border."



True (political pro tip: don't send your army on "vacations" in bordering countries)

At the extreme, this is the base for civil disobedience: it is a disruptive breaking of the rules, but in a morally conscious and thought through way.




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