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Read a theory or something once.. that Sociopath's are likely to do one of two things -- go on a murdering spree, or become a CEO.

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Maybe becoming a CEO is the most productive/net positive role for someone with such a disorder.

...or the place they can hide and do the most lifetime damage to society. E.g. instead of going on a killing spree and being detected/arrested at a young age, they can produce pollution for profit and injure millions over decades.

> ...or the place they can hide and do the most lifetime damage to society.

Most sociopaths aren't that calculating. They don't sit there and think "How will I inflict structural damage to society tonight?". Sociopaths just want to get their rocks off (not necessarily in a sexual way), and they don't care who they have to hurt to do so. Your average sociopath is more impulsive than anything else.

'Profit/bonus at any cost' is a reasonable sociopath goal. It can result in decades of environmental trashing, coverups of carcinogenic product, abuse of employees and customers for wholly profit-motivated reasons. We've seen all this.

Well they could be President..

Sociopath != Psychopath

Both are bad non-medical constructs so they have that in common.

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