> The modern mindset prevents that - it's beaurocratic, rigid and extremely oppressive

I don't think it prevents it, the modern mindset encourages more individualism, individualism is the final frontier of slack

> that DEMANDS punishment for any rule breaking no matter how small and how stupid it is

I think small and stupid is sort of the point. And I don't think there's anything modern about it. In the middle ages, people were getting burned at the stake over super niche differences in Christian doctrine