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by logfromblammo 3335 days ago
That reminds me of that one time I was an Arstotzkan border crossing agent. The agents got paid by the number of people processed, and the party bosses kept adding new rules and requirements for processing people. So I had to alternate the days my family could eat with the days they could be warm.

It was that or break the rules. And a loyal Arstotzkan citizen would never do that.

(Papers, Please!)

Real-life systems are set up to encourage people to break the rules all the time. Consider it a dark pattern of governance.