I think something that people discard is that MPs in our ruleset are effectively IC rule enforcement. They have the ability to remove people from the game (temporarily) due to IC rulebreaks. This is preferable to god’s eye admins scanning for LRP bullshit 24/7. I’d much rather these sorts of things be handled ICly via MPs than OOCly via moderators. Hence why we have “timeouts” for law (read: rule) breaks.
With that said, the reason why MP rulebreaks are taken more seriously is BECAUSE you have the social power to remove people from the round (temporarily), great power great responsibility and so on and so on.
Whine all you want about MPs, but the fact of the matter is, if MPs get thanos snapped, the replacement enforcement is mods/admins who see all and can be everywhere at all times and result in complete removals from the round rather than a 10 minute timeout handled within the restrictions of the game itself. I dunno about you but I think the IC stuff is preferable to OOC intervention. For that to take place, we have to hold MPs to a higher standard.