No time to read a 15-part series right now but yes - over-indexing on patterns is a thing.
The SovCits come to mind.
They want to fight the law, with the law.. It’s just a fundamental misunderstanding of how the world actually works.
Like if a mafia guy came to you and demanded ‘taxes’ and his Org controlled the territory and you said to him that he doesn’t have the required legitimacy to enforce this edict, then you just get your kneecaps broken and still owe the guy his taxes and he’ll be back to collect in 5 days..
Congrats on recognising a pattern. Mafia guy doesnt actually have sovereignty over this territory as recognised by the UN. But your kneecaps are broken and hes coming back to collect in 5 days; so what of your patterns?
