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@pokoko

I reject your logic, and substitute the truth. The people who bought the game, and those who pirated the game may only represent a fraction of those who shopped the game. In other words ninety five percent of people who viewed the game may have decided they didn't want that game. So they didn't buy or steal. You haven't disproved anything.

Meanwhile what I have said is backed up by a profound volume of scientific studies. From anthropological all the way too zoological. Human beings have a strong aversion towards conducting unfair transactions. We will even be willing to go so far as to hurt ourselves as a retort to unfair dealings. We will even hurt ourselves if we actually get the better end of the deal. This is why only a small fraction of any given population are hardened criminals. It isn't that there isn't a incentive. It is the fact that we will feel pain such as remorse, guilt, and even a desire to be punished.

Despite what you see on the news, hear from others, or read online. The vast majority of people are incredibly altruistic towards one another. Were that not the case we wouldn't have civilization, or be able to live in large groups. Pirates aren't the norm they are the exception, and most pirates cannot do what they do unless they can create a real justification for what they are doing.