I'm always kinda stunned by how destructive people can be when money is involved.
I'm not surprised, I completely expect it and do what I can to mitigate it. But it's still shocking. What kind of sociopath builds something and decides "I'll throw this leftover crap where others drink" for decades? And why do they have so much power, so frequently?
> And why do they have so much power, so frequently?
A business managed by a sociopath has a larger margin of profit, due to arseholery like: misleading customers, dumping stuff on rivers, bribing authorities, etc. That makes the business able to expand faster, more resilient to eventualities, and more attractive to vulture capital injecting money in it. Those sociopaths will also see no issue whatsoever on amassing power elsewhere, for the sake of their business.
As such, businesses playing by the rules are outcompeted by the ones managed by sociopaths. Darwin style.
I'm not surprised, I completely expect it and do what I can to mitigate it. But it's still shocking. What kind of sociopath builds something and decides "I'll throw this leftover crap where others drink" for decades? And why do they have so much power, so frequently?