Integrity suffers when you know what's right and still do otherwise. If you dismiss the institution entirely, integrity doesn't suffer. Not giving money to the Church is a sin, but if you aren't taking the Church seriously, your integrity is fine. Ignoring a beggar who is obviously an imposter is fine, but ignoring a beggar who seems legit corrupts integrity, even if the legit beggar is in fact fake.

The issue is the perception society doesn't reward integrity.

Those with integrity are very clearly perceived as the handicapped in modern America.

Nowhere is this more clear than cryptocurrency and gun reform.

I'd be bothered with my own stupidity if i did not cheat. And nature does not care for what you are repulsed by. Otherwise, cockroach wouldn't exist.

You show me a "great" man who died with endowments and charities named after him, and I'll show you a man who spent his life cheating the system.