Following most laws in general just means youre obedient. Doing the right thing will never lead you to true success or prosperity.
Take my dad for example. He originally worked in construction for cash. He then proceeded to get accepted into every welfare program imaginable despite making $50k/yr in pure cash, which was pretty good in the 90s. He also drove without insurance and probably saved tens of thousands on that as well. He was then netting close to $80k/year while living basically rent-free (paid something like $50/month lol).
So anyway, he started making more, and laundered his money with the help of a family friend who was a lawyer, and started his own framing company. Now he hires a bunch of illegals from our community and trains them. He pays them somewhere around $14 for a job that an American citizen wouldn't touch for anything less than $40 an hour. And he gets every single contract he bids for, because the honest businesses just cant compete with his ultra low prices. He delivers results and gets repeat customers for high-end custom build McMansions for the new money in our local community.
I guess my point is that following the rules is for people wholl never escape the rat race. Actually, I think a large part of why certain groups of first-generation immigrants are successful here in America is that theyre true capitalists who understand that we're all supposed to bend the rules a little bit to gain an advantage over other people. As a matter of fact, we should all just ignore every single regulation that exists and just live our lives.