Some psych experiment—I forget the details—showed that there’s a minority group of people who consistently, temperamentally, resist arbitrary authority. It almost behaves like a phenotype. If it is a gene, I sure as hell haven’t got it, but I kind of envy those who do.
Envy? The way you describe it, it sounds to me like people who end up jailed or killed.
Well, a dear friend of mine is like that and will wind up either jailed, killed, or very rich and famous. I don’t want him to get in trouble, of course… but let’s just say I’m not sympathetic to people who say “he had it coming.”
SarahC:
Envy? The way you describe it, it sounds to me like people who end up jailed or killed.
Well, a dear friend of mine is like that and will wind up either jailed, killed, or very rich and famous. I don’t want him to get in trouble, of course… but let’s just say I’m not sympathetic to people who say “he had it coming.”
Or rich. It probably depends very much on cultural context and luck.