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by latentcall 682 days ago
Americans love rules and regulations. America is big on social structures that allow the common man to enforce rules upon others, giving them a sense of power. See HOAs or middle managers as an example.

In my town we have Neighborhood Services drive around on patrol looking for code violations. I put a chair for free at the end of my driveway for not even 24 hours and received a letter from the city. My town really is just one large HOA.