Lawful doesn't necessarily mean following the laws of a state, but adherence to order and hierarchy. Buying politicians to bureaucratically stack the deck in one's favor is compatible with lawful evil, for someone upholding a hierarchy in which they're (supposed to be) on top.

If it's more driven by greed than ideology, it's probably more neutral evil.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah. Some of those rat fucks are straight chaotic evil. Lawful usually means they have a consistent set of ideals they follow. Rules they won't break and such. Some, like Trump and musk, would gladly break any rule they've previously set to get just a bit further ahead than others.

[–] Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Well yeah, that's their rule. "Fuck y'all" and "Anything to get me ahead".

[–] ipha@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

They're lawful only because they write the laws.