Comment by jacquesm

A society without crime likely will be a stagnant society, one where there is not enough room for any fringes at all rather than just not that one fringe that we'd like to get rid off.

Imagine an organism that perfects the trick of error correction on genetic information. That organism would not suffer from some of the afflictions that come with imperfect genetic copying. But that organism would also instantly stop to evolve.