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alignment from most frequent to least frequent

lawful neutral: your average person who doesn't think very much about anything, but sincerely believes that laws are the only way to make everyone behave and cooperate. doesn't particularly give a shit about all of the evil stuff their government does (like drone striking the fuck out of the middle east for a decade) because 'that many deaths is only a statistic...' While they aren't truly evil they are perfectly fine allowing evil to exist (hello sweatshop slaves in third world countries!) as long as the system of law keeps them feeling safe and protected against their evil neighbor who would surely turn into a serial murdering rapist if there was no law against it

true neutral: doesn't strongly enough support one system of belief over any other to classify them as anything really. unlike the lawful neutral person, this guy doesn't seem to know or care whether the law is really the only true and correct way to make people behave. rather, they're fine just following the rules because they don't want to get punished. doesn't think much about good or evil and just does whatever suits them to get by day to day.

lawful evil: similar to lawful neutral, this variation is FAR more scary because of their intense dogmatic belief and adherence to their own personal code of morality. the most ruthless and effective thing about the lawful evil person is that they truly believe their way of doing things is right. they will never leave anyone else alone or let you do your own thing; the lawful evil person must constantly project their own personal politics into every situation and tries to moralize all situations so that they can use the excuse of morality and law to control others. while they are less common than the lawful neutral and true neutrals, these guys are about 10,000 times more annoying... and extremely dangerous if left unchecked.

(huge gap between these three and, well, anything else really)

neutral evil: criminals, basically. they don't actually oppose the idea of law and order being used to achieve a good society... they just don't care. the neutral evil person takes whatever they want and does whatever they want, very often at the detriment of others, and doesn't see anything wrong with the idea of looking out for themselves ahead of all others. often gets confused with chaotic evil but, trust me, this person would never be caught dead trying to overhaul society. all they want is to steal your iphone so they don't have to work a 9-5 job.

chaotic neutral: unsurprisingly, since we live in an ordered and polite society, chaotic folks are pretty rare. if many of them existed we would likely have a different type of social order that doesn't place such a strong emphasis on the law being morally just and righteous. the chaotic neutral character sees the many flaws inherent in their society and culture and has strong feelings against this way of living. you'll generally find this person arguing on the internet but not actually bombing any government buildings or anything like that. generally against the evils of society but realizes they don't have any power to stop it so they just quietly play along. everyone should be free to make their own decisions, but you shouldn't be infringing on other people's freedom with those decisions. the complexity of living in such a way makes this alignment very unlikely for most people (because they simply lack the level of self awareness and reflection needed)
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