Current Events > Modern politics really boils down to, "Is ignorance a crime?"

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CEmen, give me your thoughts on the following. There is no wrong answer, I just want to know how people here think.

If someone was never taught or instructed on what you or I consider to be responsible behavior and they act in a socially unacceptable way, are they to be considered at fault? What is the appropriate action? Education or condemnation?

At what point does individual agency take hold, is it delayed depending on the upbringing and level of understanding of the individual?

What circumstances justify a lack of learned behaviors? For how long are they continued to be justified?

Are people to be faulted for the environments they were raised in not holding the same values as those held by the majority? Are those who raised them that way to be held responsible by society at large? How?

Is there an effective way to distinguish between the ignorant, those who act inappropriately because they don't know better, and the malicious, those who are aware that what they are doing is wrong but elect to do so anyways?

Is a leader, or a set of leaders who intentionally keep large demographics ignorant for the sake of personal enrichment and job security able to be held accountable in any way? What incentive would they have to change their methods without punitive action?

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