It’s sort of ridiculous how the worst people rise to the top in all areas, whether that’s politics, business or entertainment. Sometimes it just feels like the rest of us are just being held hostage by a small minority of sociopaths.
It’s not ridiculous. It’s that sociopaths are happy to crush other people underfoot to get what they want, and good people aren’t. And thus, they get ahead. It is just that simple.
It might not even be that our society rewards sociopathy directly even, but they have an advantage in a competitive arena, because they’re constantly scheming ways to exploit their fellows. Healthy people simply aren’t constantly dreaming of how to rob and ruin their neighbors.
It’s just like when various anarchist societies would rise up and be off to a good start, but ultimately get steamrolled by their jerk neighbors because they had higher minded priorities than conquest and violence.
The good and decent seem to inherently be at a disadvantage, as we must struggle to maintain our humanity while defending against those who see it as an exploitable design flaw.
It’s sort of ridiculous how the worst people rise to the top in all areas, whether that’s politics, business or entertainment. Sometimes it just feels like the rest of us are just being held hostage by a small minority of sociopaths.
It’s not ridiculous. It’s that sociopaths are happy to crush other people underfoot to get what they want, and good people aren’t. And thus, they get ahead. It is just that simple.
Exactly this. Capitalism rewards sociopathy
You’re all correct for sure!
It might not even be that our society rewards sociopathy directly even, but they have an advantage in a competitive arena, because they’re constantly scheming ways to exploit their fellows. Healthy people simply aren’t constantly dreaming of how to rob and ruin their neighbors.
It’s just like when various anarchist societies would rise up and be off to a good start, but ultimately get steamrolled by their jerk neighbors because they had higher minded priorities than conquest and violence.
The good and decent seem to inherently be at a disadvantage, as we must struggle to maintain our humanity while defending against those who see it as an exploitable design flaw.