Because "perfectly legal" and "socially acceptable" often diverge quite a bit.
The world would be quite miserable if "perfectly legal" would be what everyone optimizes for.
The world would be quite miserable if "perfectly legal" would be what everyone optimizes for.
what you will find is that this is what corporations optimizes for. Therefore, you as a person, cannot compete with the corp.
That's why you need to become like a corp, or make the rules "socially acceptable" the same as "legal" (which is the best option).
And you can still live quite comfortably.