In basic theology, there are two types of evil (some may call it sin). One is personal evil, the type of thing that one person does, like envy, theft, or murder. The second is called systemic evil. It occurs when an entire society engages in behaviors which harm others.
So what do you do if you know your society engages in behaviors which harm others?
"He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord." Proverbs 17:15
"If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, it is sin for them." James 4:17
If the system is evil, and everything I do that supports the system also supports that evil, the only way to end the evil is to opt out of the system and work to undo it.
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