For the benefit of the “MCAS is just there to satisfy a paper regulation” mob; the aircraft control characteristics regulations require that the stick force increase with increasing attitude. This is not a “paper regulation” but a real world need for the change in attitude to be proportional to force in other words the required control inputs as applied by the pilots don’t reduce or worse reverse with changes in attitude.
To put that in automotive terms some of you might understand; oversteer is not allowed.