That is so spot on you must've grown up somewhere in the eastern block. This is not some magical positive force keeping society together that we should aspire t

That is so spot on you must've grown up somewhere in the eastern block. This is not some magical positive force keeping society together that we should aspire to emulate - it's a coping mechanism to deal with the horrendous inefficiency of the system. I'll take rule of law over it any time of day.