Because it's about, and always has been about, and always will be about, power and personal connection, not following the rules. Following the rules is one aven

Because it's about, and always has been about, and always will be about, power and personal connection, not following the rules. Following the rules is one avenue to power - if the rules are enforced as written. But there are others, like bribing whoever is meant to enforce the rules and then breaking them. Another is to abuse rules, like setting up a string of companies that go bankrupt like crumple zones.