> If a company is in compliance to the law and you don’t like the outcome the problem isn’t the company it is the law.
The law isn’t the only thing that upholds a cohesive society that is nice to live in. At the very least, culture plays its own part as well. There are probably many more things
If I only cared about being legal, I would behave very differently. Just think about how far a citizen could go if they would live in full malicious compliance. One would be a nightmare to others
And despite this, some people DO insist on living just on the edge of legality. I recently had an interaction with someone declared a "vexatious litigant" in Texas. That's a legal status that requires them to get authorization from a judge before opening a new lawsuit against another party.
I prefer a world where most people don't ride the edge of legality.
An overly complex set of rules often breeds this kind of behavior; Functioning legally in a world with a practically infinite number of rules requires it. Fixing the unwanted behavior often involves making more rules… and thus a cancer is born.
Another common outcome is complete apathy for the rules. ie: nothing seems legal, why bother trying?
> If I only cared about being legal, I would behave very differently.
While I wouldn't recommend you live that way, I also wouldn't call you a criminal.
Just an a*s.
Someone with a hacker mindset and malicious compliance would be so creative that new laws have to be created just because of what that person did
Please report to your local Komsomol office to collect 5 credits as a reward for upholding the right attitude against these ruthless reactionaries and hooligans. Remember to bring your credit book for the stamp.