The bad is that there are so many laws on the books that everyone of us is breaking some of them, at every moment.
The only good is that most people are too busy / lazy / intimidated to protest, and that makes the police / tax collectors careless and lazy. Their carelessness can often be exploited if they haven't filled out their forms correctly, or if they've made some other mistake.
Try and get the kid to watch these, it may keep him out of trouble some day.
Don't Talk to Cops, Part 1 - YouTube
Don't Talk to Cops, Part 2 - YouTube