Well,
At least you won’t get burned at the stake, so I suppose that’s some progress. LOL
People in groups create rules, some necessary, some BS.
Today there is a lot of BS (Society is disconnected from the natural order of things, ignores basic economic principals and the nature of man). But there are still consequences attached for violating those these BS rules.
“Today there is a lot of BS (Society is disconnected from the natural order of things, ignores basic economic principals and the nature of man).”
In the past people formed groups for survival.
Those groups probably started as extended families working together to guarantee safety from predators and other family groups and to see that all were fed. Their rules were few and simple. The penalties were harsh: most likely expulsion from the group which meant death, either slowly from starvation or quickly by predators.
Those groups became clans and tribes with similarly simple rules and penalties.
It was when those clans/tribes became settled societies that survival became easier and people found the opportunity to impose more rules.
The larger and more settled the society the further from death by starvation and predation the populace became. For some reason they found the need for MORE rules.
We are at the point that relative safety is assured and no one is starving. We are living in a time which actually requires few rules but in a cruel twist our politicians impose hundreds of new rules on us each year. Then there are the unelected “enforcers” (the “Karens” of the world) who love nothing more than telling the rest of us how to live.