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by whatshisface 1063 days ago
People still deserve credit or blame for their actions even if some percentage within their demographic will do more than them and some percentage will end up in jail. (Whether you deserve any credit for making money is another question...)
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Indeed, even if you take a completely deterministic view of human behavior, you still have different people at the end of the day.

Someone fated by circumstance to commit murder, is still a person that murders others. Someone fated by circumstance to saves lives is still saving lives.

You have to figure out if you want to treat these people differently, even if you dont blame them for the things they do.