[julie1]

Question : why do people cheat?

Saying it is in the human nature is laughable. I see no one cheating at being poor sick, handicapped or being lazy.

People only cheat because they don't care about winning for themselves. They have no personalities and are lost in the recognition of a mindless crowd as a substitute to self esteem.

We have to focus society on individual realization to fight efficiently against hidden motors. Technical means of cheating are just a side problem.

Maybe we should forbid professional competition to remove the incentive of cheating.

[awqrre]

You cheat if you know that you have no chances of winning otherwise?

[julie1]

Exactly.

Is it because education make people lack of confidence in themselves or do people adapt a rigged games?

My opinion is some kids especially introverted one lacking of self confidence are put in a stressful competition early and education/society advocate early results on strong competition. The race for the elite schools being at kindergarden.

The culture of results coupled with a rigged system (the system enable institutional cheats for some) result in the conviction of being right to fight the system back by compensating for the one considering themselves unlucky.

Our education is clearly creating the cheaters at my opinion. Corrupting the expectations of kids about progress, merit, hard work and replacing it by saying only the result matters.

The funny part is all these kids having paying loans for studies that enslave them not only in debt but also breaking their mind. No educated kids have been suing universities/banks for having scammed them by giving them false information to engage them in life long debts.

Smart kids are not smart. Education has broken bright spirits.