I never thought of it like this before, but I think you are absolutely correct. 'Laws are for other people' might be the best descriptor of this phenomena. Its

I never thought of it like this before, but I think you are absolutely correct. 'Laws are for other people' might be the best descriptor of this phenomena. Its how American exceptionalism manifests at the level of the individual. Or maybe the other way around, this is core American ethic and exceptionalism at the national level is just the aggregate result.