It's a real perversion of our instincts. In tribal times, which was the vast majority of human evolution, authority was granted to someone who just made good choices. Someone who literally knew everyone in the tribe, some sort of elder with a track record of good judgment. If someone protests the judgement, they would be shunned. The more agrarian we got, the tribes began to grow into small societies, and authority slowly shifted from a person's good judgment on an individual dispute into a person's proclamation on a general matter. If someone protests the judgment, they would be forcibly beaten. Now we live in the largest society of all time, and all tribal instinct ls have betrayed us. We elect people who appear old and wise, and demand they implement rules to keep us orderly, and people are imprisoned and executed. Thank God Guns Exist.