[_lce0]

> The results were startling. By making a few alterations to the composition of the justice system, corrupt societies could be made to transition to a state called ‘righteousness’. In righteous societies, police were not a separate, elite order. They were everybody. When virtually all of society stood ready to defend the common good, corruption didn’t pay.

Is this saying that the justice system is the problem, not law-enforcement?

[Spooky23]

Righteousness is a problem in of itself at times, and the vision of "common good" enforced by the citizens in general will not necessarily be good.

[jessaustin]

That's a pretty fine distinction you're attempting to draw. The portion of the "justice system" that is not police, is instead made up of people who interact with police several times a week. Most citizens are not in either of those groups.

[higherpurpose]

In other words:

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.