[kelseyfrog]

They do. One of the most powerful behavior-modulating mechanisms is reality building. Think of the folks who self-censor imagination because Truth/Reality/Nature align with their views. "That's just how things are" is more powerful than laws, norms, or costs. In fact the acceptance of laws norms and costs as legitimate rest firmly on legal realism, social realism, and economic realism - all flavors of the same substrate.