> There is no denying that a lot of successful psychopaths accrue at the top of the societal ladder, but the violent ones often inhibit the bottom, terrorizing

> There is no denying that a lot of successful psychopaths accrue at the top of the societal ladder, but the violent ones often inhibit the bottom, terrorizing the rest. The difference is that most criminals at the top don't need to use violence as a tool to get what they want, at least not usually. > They may be driven to steal or cheat, but deliberately injuring or killing other people, for that you need to be quite a bad apple yourself. A small percentage may be born bad, but a lot more are subjected to consistent physical and psychological violence and trauma, and becoming bad ends up being a kind of short term focused survival mechanism. Exposure to drugs and environmental toxins at a young age also damages neurological development.