Skull Merchant is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. To not play Skull Merchant is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To not play Skull Merchant is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to avoid playing Skull Merchant. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to play Skull Merchant. Therefore the Skull Merchant presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it.

No one will punish you for playing Skull Merchant, no one will fine you, or kill you for playing Skull Merchant, you gain nothing by not playing Skull Merchant. You must not play Skull Merchant out of the goodness of your own heart. You must not play Skull Merchant because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct. A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it.