>Discussions under articles about AirBnB, Uber, et al. start to make me wonder recently - why is it so that so many people living in apparently advanced XXI-cen

>Discussions under articles about AirBnB, Uber, et al. start to make me wonder recently - why is it so that so many people living in apparently advanced XXI-century civilization need to be explained that following the law is a good thing in general[0]? The moral valence of the law has been corrupted by asshole laws designed exactly to dump externalities on people who didn't generate them for personal advantage, among other things. So when you've got asshole laws, it encourages asshole behavior.