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Originally Posted by DarknessIsMyFriend
This is pretty much why I'm a high Mach. We are way too much alike it's actually scary haha 
I'm also very cutthroat when it comes to business and while I don't scam or steal from people, I have a tendency to bend the rules to my will. If I'm not ruthless and if I don't suspect hidden motives in everybody, time and experience has proven to me that I will get burned.
I don't see any good in the world. To me the world is nothing more than a survivalist competition. If you aren't able and willing to do what must be done to get ahead, others will use and hurt you plain and simple.
I also, much like you, have two spheres of people in my life. One is my friends and family sphere which consists of people that I care about. While I don't fully open up to them, I don't under any circumstance hurt them and I do everything in my power to shield them from others like me. The other sphere of people I consider "minions" which are anybody who I'm using for a specific purpose be it business, knowledge, or even sex. I almost always kick these people out of my life when they outlive their usefulness to me; I prefer to keep my circle small. |
I agree with you except one point. Not everyone is out to get you in my opinion. Everyone has a nature, a pattern of going about things, and when push comes to shove they are going to chose themselves over you. So what you need to do is change their view through bending so that they think that their actions directly benefit you.
Most people believe they are doing the right thing, it just isn't useful. By slight manipulation you can make an ideal environment so that their efforts directly benefit you. People aren't evil or bad, just useless things with the best of intentions.