Thread:Mesektet/@comment-27729149-20150707052956/@comment-3581997-20150806115451

It depends on the person. Not everyone goes to get psyche exams so quite a few sociopaths we don't find out about until after the fact. In general parents can tell there is something off about their children and keep them away from others after a few dead animals, quite a few are committed to mental wards early on. Some think quite clearly and know there is something off about themselves and so they specifically keep themselves away from a world slave to alien concepts like "morality" But it varies by the surroundings.

Let me give you a historical example. Vladimir Dracula, the real one not the Bram Stoker character, was almost certainly a sociopath. He came into no conflict with his people at first because he lived in a secluded castle and being royalty he could get pretty much anything he wanted without needing to resort to violence. However when the Turks invaded he personally engaged them in battle and slaughtered tens of thousands. He then ate their hearts as a show of strength and authority. When Russian diplomats came to negotiate with him he cut out their tongues and sent them back in a gift box to be opened at the Russian court. He also re-invaded Russia yearly. (Russian winters are notoriously hard on invading armies so he withdrew every winter then re-tried next year to see how far he could get each time). He found that he liked killing people and started having all Romanians accused of crimes that were waiting for death/life sentences to be brought to him to be tortured since their lives were forfeit anyway.