user-1: How should lay buddhists respond to amoral people, people who keep generating bad karma for themselves but don't believe they've done anything wrong at all, especially if they have the power to get away with it materially speaking?

user23952: Strictly speaking, this does not answer your question, nevertheless, it is an appropriate response to the sort of situation you describe:
"Of course, there will be those who are misbehaving and refuse to change their ways, and there’s nothing—at least for the moment—you can do about it. That’s why equanimity is a necessary part of brahmavihāra practice. You reflect that beings are free to choose their actions, and you’re in no position to guarantee that everyone will choose to be skillful. Not even the Buddha could do that. So to keep your focus on training your own mind, you have to develop equanimity in cases where other people are beyond your ability to influence in a skillful direction."
That's from a section on "The Brahmavihāras" in Undaunted.
Life is choices, we have to choose where to direct our efforts effectively, skillfully. Sometimes that means abandoning those cases where we can't make a difference, or it's not worth our time and effort to try. That's not always easy to do, but the brahmavihāras can be very helpful in righting our emotional imbalances. Please have a look, for your own sake.

-1: <p>How should lay buddhists respond to amoral people, people who keep generating bad karma for themselves but don't believe they've done anything wrong at all, especially if they have the power to get away with it materially speaking?</p>
 23952: <p>Strictly speaking, this does not answer your question, nevertheless, it is an <strong>appropriate response</strong> to the sort of situation you describe:</p>
<p>&quot;Of course, there will be those who are misbehaving and refuse to change their ways, and there’s nothing—at least for the moment—you can do about it. That’s why equanimity is a necessary part of brahmavihāra practice. You reflect that beings are free to choose their actions, and you’re in no position to guarantee that everyone will choose to be skillful. Not even the Buddha could do that. So to keep your focus on training your own mind, you have to develop equanimity in cases where other people are beyond your ability to influence in a skillful direction.&quot;</p>
<p>That's from a section on &quot;The Brahmavihāras&quot; in <a href="https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/Undaunted/Section0010.html#sigil_toc_id_8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Undaunted</a>.</p>
<p>Life is choices, we have to choose where to direct our efforts effectively, skillfully. Sometimes that means abandoning those cases where we can't make a difference, or it's not worth our time and effort to try. That's not always easy to do, but the brahmavihāras can be very helpful in righting our emotional imbalances. Please have a look, for your own sake.</p>
