I've started wondering how much my views on civil ethics are influenced by (likely) having Asperger's.
I absolutely hate having a persistent divergence between laws on the books, and what's enforced. In my view, that gap exists only to be exploited by villains: both those who would selfishly break the law, and those who would capriciously enforce it. Policies like this make chumps of anyone who obeys such laws, invites tyranny, and are anti-democratic.
It took me a long time to realize that my views were in the minority. I still struggle to understand how that could be. But I think I see a trend where this correlates with Asperger's. I'm curious if others see this too.
It doesn’t require being anywhere in particular on the spectrum to hate inconsistencies and “it’s not supposed to be like that but that’s how it is in practice” unspoken policies BS. And especially selective enforcement, which I think is a symptom of corruption.
At least, I don’t think I have that, but I sure hate the unfortunate fact that the world (and this seems to be universal, not specific to any country or culture) is that way.
I don't have Asperger's but I fully agree with you. I also grew up in Scandinavia were laws are not this selectively enforced. Not saying it never happens, but most people think it is wrong.
Tangent: I also wonder if this correlates with preferring static typing over dynamic typing on programming languages. (Or maybe more generally, using strong contracts at subsystem interfaces.)
The common thread being that everyone agrees up front what the rules are, and then expects all parties to adhere to them.
The US in particular is occupied by many competing powers. No one group has sweeping control of anything; most everyone is held in a deathgrip by interests to either side of their desired positions.
From city councils to the oval office, a lot of leaders have a short list of who's approval they need and can't get to do anything at all.
Federalism invites this type of incongruity. The silver lining is that it's a game that keeps a certain type of person preoccupied so as not to pursue worse ways of exploiting the rest of us.
I absolutely hate having a persistent divergence between laws on the books, and what's enforced. In my view, that gap exists only to be exploited by villains: both those who would selfishly break the law, and those who would capriciously enforce it. Policies like this make chumps of anyone who obeys such laws, invites tyranny, and are anti-democratic.
It took me a long time to realize that my views were in the minority. I still struggle to understand how that could be. But I think I see a trend where this correlates with Asperger's. I'm curious if others see this too.