According to US laws, cockfighting is illegal. However, it is, if anything, actively encouraged to unleash pets (the Pokemon) on each other, like gladiators almost. People not only do not find this morally reprehensible, but in fact obsess over how to dominate over the other guy's Pokemon. In fact, people don't seem to have any other problems to concern them, such as food or housing or even getting a big-screen TV. The only way this is possible is if their society either completely takes care of their everyday needs, or Pokemon battles, like gladiator fights, serve as a convenient distraction from society's real problems.
Also, the need for law and order appears to be more or less nonexistent. Officer Jenny's (and that of her relatives) job seems to be little more than enforcing traffic laws and keeping people from stealing Pokemon (because that would be unfair in a battle, would it not?). Either society takes it for granted that either violent crimes like murder, rape, or robbery won't happen, or the government probably had some serious oversight.
On the subject of clones, Nurse Joy (and all her relatives) seems to be all people need for medical needs, which is more often for a Pokemon than for a human. Do people not get sick or seriously injured very often? Are there not any doctors? Nurses is all they need?
Also, Jenny and Joy appear to have been born out of cloning vats a la clone troopers from Star Wars where two women appear to fill Jango Fett's role as genetic templates. Like Jango Fett clones serve as soldiers (for which there appears to be no need in Pokemon society), Jennys and Joys serve as law enforcement and health care professionals respectively. So I guess that's also why Jenny never rises above the rank of Officer and Joy never goes full MD (or veterinarian, or Pokemon Doctor even): they all get identical training, which makes none of them special, and they all have identical intelligence and work ethic parameters, so they are naturally unable to rise above each other.
We also know Giovanni (and his organization Team Rocket) and Lawrence III (the antagonist from Pokemon: the Movie 2000) are bad guys. Why is that? Well, Giovanni intends to take over the world, but to do that he must capitalize on Pokemon, and he must have his agents take them for him. Meanwhile, Lawrence III is a self-billed collector. So how is stealing or collecting Pokemon somehow morally less ok than having them fight each other? To put it simply, they both represent capitalist ideals. Think about it: the whole concept of wanting to make a profit using Pokemon, or to simply hoard them. Those would not be concepts that sit well with a communist society.
Of course every communist society needs a communist dictator. And who is that? That is none other than Professor Oak. Everyone seems to have respect for him and they always turn to him for advice, and more often than not, his word is absolute. He is called Professor Oak, yet he does not appear to be working for any university which would require him to profess his knowledge to eager young minds (you get awarded a cookie if you get this reference). Therefore, "professor" serves purely as a title for him, much like "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-Il or "Our Beloved Eternal President Comrade" Kim Il-Sung.
Of course, as mentioned before, what Oak clearly forgot was a strong police force, otherwise, Team Rocket and Lawrence III would all have wound up in a gulag a long time ago never to be heard from again.
P.S. Brock is usually labeled as the horny member of the protagonists. However, sometimes, I could not help but feel that Professor Oak was interested in Delia Ketchum (Ash's mom, who's surprisingly sexy considering her age) . Do we know what goes on behind the scenes? ("Now we know raising a 10-year-old boy by yourself must be hard. Oh, and now that Ash is now gallivanting off in search of Pokemon, let's do something.....") Also, finally, Ash himself is one horny SOB, as shown in this screencap of the episode when he meets Professor Ivy.
I don't care what you say. Ash is pretty clearly staring at Ivy's chest. I guess that's no surprise considering it took him 10 seasons of the anime to age 3 years that he finally hit puberty at the end of Season 1.
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