If we don't blame society, what else can we blame? Choice blah blah- I don't really believe in choice, nor even that much do I believe in free will. We're just incredibly complex organisms, influenced by such a myriad of million tiny bits of complexity, all of which play into our cost/benefit decisions- that we project the illusion of choice.
Or something like that. The point is- isn't our great merciful socialist state to blame for these welfare-poor, this underclass of Morlocks waiting to drag us down into their filth?
Yes, of course it is. The State gives free money- people take the free money and grow fat and lazy, hate themselves because they are such pointless bags of waste and they know it, and spiral that hatred and anger out to drag others down- so they don't feel so worthless themselves.
So can they blame society for their psychopathic stuff? Well, they can try- but any program (read- person) that knows enough to blame someone else for their actions has enough knowledge of self and world to be considered responsible.
Can we break this cycle. Of course, and yes it is evolution, but not of genetics, but of our brain-generated complexity, our ideas. Welfare is broken, bam. It's too cushy. Things should not be given for free. Ignorance and laziness should not be rewarded. Neither should they be punished outright. It's the responsibility of society to provide a ladder for these people to climb out of the slum. If they refuse to climb the ladder, well- it's our job to find a ladder they do want to climb. If we can't find any ladder for them- some way for them to contribute and connect and raise their own value, then we fail them, they fail us, and they'll end up on the streets or in jail.
We need a little more social Darwinism, and a lot less coddling.