My feelings move towards the ultimate responsibility is on society (all of us) for not creating a better system. Though there are always going to be people that just don’t give a fuck.

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    Crime is defined by society, because laws are defined by society.

    So, in purely technical terms, society is completely responsible for crimes.

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      I mean, we do have the phrase “Take justice into your own hands”

      You can do wrong by someone that receives retribution, without a law being present for it.

      Laws just make that much, much, much less murky.

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        Again, purely technically speaking, that’s not actually crime. It may be wrong and you may feel justified in revenge, but it’s not crime unless something that defines it as crime.

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      This might be assuming there’s no such thing as natural law. I guess some might argue there is a natural law, but breaking it doesn’t amount to a crime. In either case it’s somewhat contested in moral and legal philosophy circles.