Recently got a temp ban from KiA2 for very mildly acknowledging this fact. Just testing the waters here.
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Boils down to whether you believe in behavioral genetics, and whether policy should consider it, I guess. If you don't, everybody has the same potential, or the difference not significant enough to account for. I don't buy into the Tabula Rasa theory of humanity, though. If 3% of a population will engage in homicide, you need more restrictive measures to prevent homicide (and in turn, promote stability) than in a population where only .1% will engage in it. If you implement policy to stabilize the population with 3%, that's inherently oppressive to the population with .1%.
I think social problems are often genetic, to varying degrees. That includes tendencies to subvert, deceive, steal, rape, or murder. Not all of these acts are criminal, though.