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[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I think it makes the most difference in how we treat crime and punishment. If you accept that there is no free will, then the concept of punitive sentences is unhelpful at best, or barbaric at worst.

and on the flip side, billionaires who win the cosmic lottery are nothing special. everything was preordained for them.