There is mounting academic evidence that military training and wartime experience can develop psycopathic traits in soldiers, and that for high ranking positions, sociopaths tend to be more successful in the army.
Depends on how you define success. Success in capitalism requires viewing people, nature, everything as a resource to be extracted and turned into profit, which is difficult to do if you have empathy.
If you define success as creating a loving and nurturing environment for children, respecting nature, and leaving the world better for the next generation, then sociopaths fail miserably.
Stop using mental disorders as synonyms for being a shitty person.
There is mounting academic evidence that military training and wartime experience can develop psycopathic traits in soldiers, and that for high ranking positions, sociopaths tend to be more successful in the army.
Sociopaths are more successful period. Wasn’t there studies showing basically all big companies CEOs are?
Depends on how you define success. Success in capitalism requires viewing people, nature, everything as a resource to be extracted and turned into profit, which is difficult to do if you have empathy.
If you define success as creating a loving and nurturing environment for children, respecting nature, and leaving the world better for the next generation, then sociopaths fail miserably.