We both want a world where people get what they deserve, so we're not starting from opposite places. But here's the thing: justice only exists in the world when it's acted out, and law is that acting-out. It's like music versus a score—the ideal melody means nothing until it's written and played. Laws are a community's shared attempt to freeze justice into something consistent, predictable, and enforceable. An unjust law is a bad score, sure, but it's still the only instrument we have. Without law, justice is just a private opinion.