I would do X too if I was in the same situation, with the same genes, and the same upbringing, and same circumstances, and same influences, and same traumas, and same biases.

You couldn’t have changed your behavior if you tried

I’ll bite, what does it say about me?

Behavior dictates the outward expression of inner motives.

Correct, but you can’t control your motives as much as you like. Think as much as you want about this.

To assume that everyone would make the same choices, when presented with the same opportunities, is simply not congruent to the patterns of human behavior that we see in reality, regardless of era or culture.

Show me what patterns you’ve seen, but from my personal experience and reflection, this is incorrect. We can’t control the opportunities, and we can’t control our motives, hence we can’t control our behavior. You will do what you were gonna do.

Excellent point!

Polish your mirror and look deep, you are the universe as am I, as was Gandhi and as is Putin, capable of all good and all evil, all shaped by life like a rock shaped by a river. The rock has no choice but to take that shape. The rock is special but no more so than any other rock, so don’t assume you’d do any different if you were in their situation.

If you dig up a skeleton, can you tell if that person was evil or charitable in his lifetime? We’re all merely copies of each other and are equally capable of all the good and all the bad in the world depending on our individual circumstances and upbringings. Nothing is black and white and everything is gray. You’d be Putin too if you were in his shoes.