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It's almost like capitalism is designed to make sociopathy the more successful survival strategy
Oh man the “Capitalism bad” button is going to get really really tired at this pace.
Maybe bullies have been around and thriving even prior to capitalism. I bet lots of people would have felt “bullied” by Genghis Khan.
They didn't suggest bullying is exclusive to capitalism, right?
Maybe bullies are more prosperous in particular economic systems.
It's worse. Certain economic and social systems are designed to make the only viable, or most viable, survival strategy to be a sociopath or worse. Most people are forced to cosplay that at some level in these systems, whether they have those traits naturally or not, in order to survive. And despite human nature being communal, it's more powerful in survival adaptation.