I think the issue people are taking is that they think you are overestimating exactly how much society has declined. The ABCs have special authorizations to essentially break the law, but that practice has not yet trickled down to the local politburo. It is not quite the time to call the stability of US-style contract law in to question. (Even though the attitude behind the special authorizations, namely "I don't care what happens just do something," will be what undermines it if ever anything does.)