Social rules were once the things that ensured that humans would pass on the most useful traditions for cooperation, collaboration, and copulation as members of a unique society. It has been many, many centuries since these rules were so explicitly necessary that to defy them would threaten the survival of humankind. We still tell ourselves such things as: I should be treated with respect. If I am not, it is awful and I couldn’t stand it. I must force that person to show me respect, or I will be ridiculed and lose my place within the social structure. I need affection. If I don’t get it, it is
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