What it’s for
Systems don’t trap people. They select them.
They keep the ones who can live with the tradeoffs. They eject the ones who can’t.
So when a system produces outcomes you say you hate—corruption, obesity, pollution, addictive products, disposable work—
and you’re still in it,
the system isn’t failing you.
It’s serving you.
Just not the part of you that wants to feel principled.