Usually, results of behavior produce multiple effects. One example is short term gain vs long term gain. Yes I can steal a candy from this baby, resulting in

Usually, results of behavior produce multiple effects. One example is short term gain vs long term gain. Yes I can steal a candy from this baby, resulting in me having a candy I didn't have. Longer term thinking? Maybe not such a good tradeoff. Criminals are often ridiculed for making bad behavioral tradeoffs. When opportunists are held accountable for behavior that has given them some long term benefit (like the "breakup" of Microsoft or Amazon federal fines) there is a cultural tendency to celebrate. This is despite the tradeoff having benefitted the opportunist greatly in comparison to the penalty. I feel like these imbalanced punishment valuations are being depressed by a fear of injustice or economic disaster.