Bullies getting ahead in life

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Apparently, teaching kids to get along with others is probably a mistake. Better to teach them to bully others...

Playground bullies do prosper – and go on to earn more in middle age

Five-decade UK study finds that aggression at school leads to better-paying jobs, while those with emotional instability went on to earn less

www.theguardian.com

Curious as to whether this is a British specific thing

 

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Definitely easier when you don't feel personal safety is as much of an issue

 

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I'm not sure if it's bullying per se, but in business, office type businesses, I do often find loud obnoxious people do tend to get ahead.

I think it's more a case of people just want to easy life at work so are like, whatever, and just carry on with your head down not getting involved.

It's a shame, because the technically better people who are the opposite often get overlooked.

I absolutely agree with this. Office politics (and society in general) rewards the loudest, if nothing else, just to move on...

Eventually everybody signs up to the idea that to be loud and "stand out" is the way to get ahead, and you end up with something between a permanent shouting match and permanent echo chambers like parts of the US seem to be.