Even in societies that put less emphasis on punishment, there are still consequences.

I wonder who told you otherwise.

You seemed to, or is your rebuttal not a rebuttal?

A rebuttal of which statement?

My comment tries to explain a different mindset to someone who seemed surprised that it exists at all, not directly answering their honest question, but rather trying to create understanding of that different way of thinking.

There's no rebuttal here, because there was no statement that could be rebutted - assuming that was actually a honest question I replied to.