My inexpert reading of all of the currently-available evidence leads me to conclude that systems design was a causally relevant factor in a couple of accidents that have resulted in Max 8 hull loss and consequential loss of life. But I’m a nobody amateur.
Given my amateur understanding, it saddens me that some would try to attribute blame to the pilots. So many accidents and their investigated outcomes tend not to support a ‘blame the pilot’ approach. This was a lesson that was supposed to have been learned a long time ago.