Politicians and business people need wriggle room ... The basic rules are ok... It's all the caveats that are added ... Think back to animal House... The Orwell version... All animals are created equal.... With the rider added later."except some are more equal than others" ... There you have it a nut shell
It's not that we need laws. When people get prosperous they start wanting a centralized government to tell everybody how to live. That drags on until it is physically impossible to support the show any more, and then it all collapses, they have a dark age, and then they rebuild and do it all again.
Mmmmm... Sorry but then adultery, wanting stuff, and saying "God damn it" would be illegal. No thanks. Laws should be based on codes of function, not morality alone.