Comment by lazide

Every rule/boundary/structure needs both a carrot, and a stick, to continue to exist long term.

Ideally, the stick never gets used. We aren’t dealing with ideals, however, we have to deal with reality.

On any sufficiently large scale, an inability/lack of will to use the stick, results in wide scale malfeasance. Because other constrains elsewhere result in wide scale push to break those rules/boundaries/structures for competitive reasons.

No carrot, magnifies the need to use the stick, eh? And turns it into nothing but beatings. Which is not sustainable either.

It has nothing to do with revenge. But if it makes you feel more comfortable, go ahead and call it that.

It’s ensuring cause and effect get coupled usefully. And is necessary for proper conditioning, and learning. One cannot learn properly if there is no ‘failure’ consequence correct?

All you need to do to verify this is, literally, look around at the structures you see everywhere, and what happens when they are or are not enforced. (Aka accountability vs a lack of it).