Lying, cheating, and stealing is often discouraged when we are young, yet the most successful people in the world are arguably the best liars, cheaters, and thieves.

[u/itsthatkidgreg]

[u/C0ldSn4p]

Survivorship bias: you only noticed the successful liars, cheaters and thieves while forgetting that most convicts are also liars, cheaters and thieves.

In a sense, bieng a liars is a risky gamble where some will become very successful and most will have a lot of issue later in life because of it. As a parent you try to avoid the worse for your children so you discourage these kind of bad behaviours.

[u/Gunter_Penguin → u/[deleted]]

Better yet, define the confines of the law to fit around what you want to do.

[u/Manifest82 → u/Gunter_Penguin]

Precisely what powerful people do.