Let me propose a third option: there is a top tier of success, whether in business, government or academia, which often, if not always, requires one to be a cor

Let me propose a third option: there is a top tier of success, whether in business, government or academia, which often, if not always, requires one to be a corrupt and/or cutthroat PoS. The universe usually rewards this behavior, at least materially. It's certainly possible to be significantly successful in any of those areas by being a hard working and ethical human being. But the kind of person who is hellbent on being in the top 0.01% (a Fortune 500 CEO, a top-level bureaucrat, the head of a prestigious academic department/institution) is someone who, to some degree, values their personal success over the suffering of others. This is how you get Monsanto, Communism and $100k+ in debt for a BA in English. What dogmatically anti-academic, anti-government and anti-capitalism arguments miss is that the fault is in sociopathic behavior, and not the arena that a given sociopathic individual excels in.