how did the israelite legal and religious systems allow for such exploitation to become common?

Amos 5:24

“But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a perennial stream.”

The prophet Amos, active in the 8th century BCE, delivered this message to the northern kingdom of Israel during a time of economic prosperity but also widespread social injustice. He critiqued the nation's empty religious rituals while the poor and vulnerable were oppressed, calling for true justice as a core expression of their covenant with God.

What does it mean for 'justice to roll on like rivers' in our own lives and communities today?