When Punishers Profit, People are More Likely to Break the Rules
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Why do people cooperate with each other and follow society's rules — and what happens when those who enforce the rules stand to profit from doing so? A new study from UC San Diego tackles this fundamental question.
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-08-21 22:21:41+00:00.

Original Title: When people get paid to punish others, it actually makes everyone less likely to cooperate. This has implications for private, for-profit prisons, quota-based policing, and civil asset forfeiture — when law enforcement seizes property, even without charging or convicting the owner of a crime.