bahahahaha well you gave an appropriate response to my dumb arse questions then and I'm right at home ;)
"But my question is why do all people with no empathy have to be super-cunning and powerful? Is it possible there are ineffective sociopaths who are just a little impotent in fulfilling their manipulative potential? (My dad drinks so much there's no way there's a lot of energetic thought going on upstairs.)"
All people without empathy don't have to be super-cunning and powerful. That is why they talk about low level sociopaths and psychopaths. They do dumb things, get caught and do it again. Might be a few of those on here that would be happy to fill you in on that.
I am a very high functioning psychopath my mum used to beat me and she was a psychopath psychopathy is genetic which is why i am a high functioning psychopath
everybody hates me because i am a high functioning psychopath with ADHD and sarah won't have sex with me because she is a dumb arse low functioning psychopath with depression but i want to have sex with her