Sure, many good people follow the law because they're not assholes, but they were out advertised and out grown by one asshole who broke the law and was never pu

Sure, many good people follow the law because they're not assholes, but they were out advertised and out grown by one asshole who broke the law and was never punished. On a micro scale, not wanting to be an asshole will cause people to follow the laws. On a macro scale, the only way to make people follow the law is to make breaking the law costly.