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.
That sounds a bigger indictment towards the American capitalist system; Because the same way a military induction program evolves to create the perfect sociopath to be a soldier; Capitalism as a sociopathic system might be creating broken subjects to do it’s bidding!
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.
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?
That sounds a bigger indictment towards the American capitalist system; Because the same way a military induction program evolves to create the perfect sociopath to be a soldier; Capitalism as a sociopathic system might be creating broken subjects to do it’s bidding!
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.