There are no willing victims of sociopaths. No one wants to get taken for a ride. The same goes for domestic violence victims. No one walks into these situations going, "Can't wait to get smacked around in front of my 4-year-old." It's not a person's fault for believing that most people are fundamentally good. That's an optimistic and righteous way to live. Sometimes you just meet the wrong person, you meet a bully or a sociopath.

Sociopaths and other PDs distort reality. Make you doubt yourself, your perception, your memory. It is incrementally crazy-making. It could literally happen to anyone, except maybe another sociopath.

You can be very "strong" and still be abused by a sociopath. I argue that the sociopath is weak, not the victim. Sociopaths need other people, it's crucial to their fulfillment. It is the focus of their lives. They need to exact something out of someone else in order to sleep at night. Strong people don't -- they live and let live.

Honestly, if the human race ended and the only person left on earth was a sociopath, what would they do? How long would they last without someone to suck the soul from, without other people to envy their status, without someone to take advantage of?