Faith in institutions requires everyone to play by the rules.

· Bits and Bobs 9/22/25
  • Faith in institutions requires everyone to play by the rules.
    • If a rich and powerful person gets to skirt the rules, it makes everyone else feel like a chump.
      • "Well I won't take the rules seriously if they don't."
    • That erodes the power of the institution, the collective belief that it matters.
    • If you don't believe it matters it reduces down entirely to "do I think I will get caught and what will the consequences be" instead of "is this the right thing for the collective."