Sociopath Community

"And indeed a portion of them do the fucked up things right now.  Are they practicing?"

Sociopaths are natural predators, designed to kill without guilt or remorse. One could say they are the perfect killing machines, if it weren't for the fact that they're often reckless and show a complete disregard for social norms, rules, and obligations.

They don't make good soldiers.

The way I see it, a sociopath is nothing more than a predatory animal in human form. Though, unlike the animal, sociopaths can be self-destructive, caring primarily about pleasure-seeking to the point of risking their own lives to get it.

So, what are sociopaths good for? Maybe in the grand scheme of things they really don't serve any specific purpose. They simply exist.

"Think of a fast evolving worldwide disaster which leaves us with little access to resources.  Money is useless. What advantages do you think sociopaths have over the rest of the population (sociopaths versus empaths)?" 

They don't have any specific advantage over the rest of the population. If only sociopaths survived a worldwide disaster, the human population wouldn't last very long.

It's a theory backed by studying other animals behaviors alongside people's at best, but yeah, not a fact. It at least makes sense, but I'd not hold onto it for dear life if a more convincing counterexample surfaced.

Edit: What things about morality aren't theories?

 Morality itself is a very loosely defined topic.

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by Tom

 I'm not sure if I would call it an advantage...because there are things socio's lack that are almost a necessity for living a healthy happy normal life. I would love to meet someone without having to have a motive first. That's way i hate when people come in here asking for "advice" on how to be a "SocIoPAtH". Fucking idiots.

 To be sure, I am not asking advice.  But, I do agree after reading other posts that some ask questions which make it appear they do ask for advice how to act, etc.  You must also understand some come here to explore what they have been feeling from day one.  And others come here to explore more about sociopaths in general. 

 What an expert you are on the play in this forum already...

by Turncoat

So it's not natural for humans to have restraint from social constructs or morality?

 Thank you turncoat.  This is what I was aiming for.  It seems the sociopath is better suited to not only ignore the common morality at any given moment, but he actually bends and breaks them to the point others suffer (whether it be physical or mental).  The "practice" I speak of doesn't necessarily mean they have to rip apart people to be at the top of some invisible heirarchy; I guess it was to seek if others thought a small percentage of the population is naturally primed for the worst.

by Turncoat

I thought morality was originally a matter of survival, since we're much less capable of surviving by ourselves, especially as a social animal. It's only in our current development that it's become outdated as a necessity at best.

Isn't it more what those morals themselves are, as a product of where we are as a civilization, that's constructed?

 even better thought turncoat.  So, there may be a certain percentage of humans who will not conform, ever.  They may mimick what is around them for survival, but inside they are always ready.

by wilful

 

by Turncoat

I thought morality was originally a matter of survival, since we're much less capable of surviving by ourselves, especially as a social animal. It's only in our current development that it's become outdated as a necessity at best.

Isn't it more what those morals themselves are, as a product of where we are as a civilization, that's constructed?

 even better thought turncoat.  So, there may be a certain percentage of humans who will not conform, ever.  They may mimick what is around them for survival, but inside they are always ready.

 And that ability to not feel anything, to repel any sense of morality, is an indestructible defensive mechanism for the sociopath to do his job when the situation arises.

by Silkthread

 What an expert you are on the play in this forum already...

 Thank you, I think...