Religions are not quite religions: some are philosophies, others are just legal systems. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Occupations in which one is more dependent on opinion of colleagues than end users degrades. ex: journalism, bureaucr,

I set it off with my own rhyme
cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time

It seemed, wrote Machiavelli, that in the midst of murders and civil wars, our republic became stronger [and] its citizens infused with virtues. … A little bit of agitation gives resources to souls and what makes the species prosper isn’t peace, but freedom.