> The opposite. Watching borderline criminal people and even actual criminals be much more successful than me honestly makes me depressed and sometimes makes me curse my upbringing. I could be a lot more successful than I am right now if I was sociopathic enough.

I understand what you mean. Thank you for clarifying.

> So I just don't blame people anymore when they just give up and start playing the game.

Right, but the crux of my original point wasn’t so much to blame people who do it, but pushback at the idea those are “the best minds”.