Simple Swedish Podcast - #299 - Varför är de sämsta människorna så framgångsrika?

Episode Date: October 13, 2025

Why are worst people so successful? Nivå A2-B1 Känner du ibland att det är de manupilativa och hänsynslösa människorna som alltid "vinner" i livet, medan moraliska och anständiga personer inte lyckas lika bra? Det här ska vi prata om i dagens avsnitt! Vi ska också prata om hur man blir framgångsrik utan att vara en dålig människa. Avsnittet är baserat på den här videon. Stöd podden för 5€ per månad här.   Transkript Varför är de sämsta människorna så framgångsrika? Ja, i det här avsnittet ska vi prata om varför de sämsta människorna verkar lyckas så bra och få så mycket makt. Alltså att de verkar bli så framgångsrika. och vi ska också prata om hur man själv kan lyckas i livet, vinna i livet, utan att offra sin integritet och förlora sin själ. Men först av allt ska vi såklart tacka några nya patrons. Och det är Valeriia, Andrew, Dimitra, Ilia, Timur, Simon, Miranda och Gülçin . Så tack till er för att ni stödjer den här podden. Och alla som vill stödja podden kan gå till www.patreon.com/swedishlinguist. Det kostar bara 5 euro i månaden. Så. Har du känt att de ärliga människorna, de vänliga och anständiga människorna? Läs hela transkriptet här

Why? Why? Why? The samest people so very In this this is we

talk about why the the samest people work so good to

so much so much That they're so So, we're also We're also talking about how You can Lickas in the Livet, winna in

life, without to offer his integrity And forlora his Schell. But first of all, We, so we so-saught thank you know new patrons. And that is Valeria, Andrew, Dimitra, Ilya, Timmur, Timur, Simon, Miranda and Gultin. So, thank to you for that you stodger this pod.

And all who will stodial pod can go to patreon.com slash Swedish linguist. It costs just 5 euros in the month So Have you Kent that The air-like Mentioner, the Venneliga and

Anstendical Mentioner And to be anstendig Yeah It means that You have good Moral You're right for me.

You're a right for you're a man. So, have you felt that it is often the anstander people who are often the unstandy people who are outbrended and, yeah, for stressed, and chaner not so much money? And that, yeah, often misluckers in life. and must go through much lidant and same time

so it's like that it are the manipulative people, the handsuenseless people, handsuenseless it means that

you don't have no-hensin handsign you can say that that it is as respect for other people that you can visit respect but if you're

but if you're handsuenseless then it means that you can visit no handsign you, you're completely okay with to manipulate

and scada other people So, it works often that it is the handsuenseless and manipulatative people who come to topen in the society, in politics, and in the company, so forth, also,

so, that's for much power, and will, um, And so much, Why is it so? Are system Rigged For at Jinnah

Dottly Mnichor? Also GYNna It means that It's good for DOLial people That it gives Dolier Mentioner

Ferdelial and Fursprong It ginnar people. Is the system rigged for to ginnate manipulative and handsiseless

people? So, that we talk about now, and this this is based on

a video of Mark Manson that why the worst people are so successful. So,

can you call in also, very interesting. So, first and first and so, so, that our moralistic are the same instincts, they work best in small systems. Also, we learn us as a barn, when we vexer up, that it's good and be very, and be very, and be able to help other people. It is bad with rightvisa. All rightvised. Allah are

like-wareda. We should respect other people. We should be vis a handsign and so. Also, the moral that is in the society. And maybe special in, then, small groups.

And it functions very well, in small groups, in a family, or in a group-vendner, or even in a little more grouperings, also, to example, in, uh, in, uh, in, forernings and so. Um, but when we have a stronger system, also, we have a whole society, a whole, a whole a land, a a or the global the world,

then, then, these instincts are so the moralistic or, or, uh, , etiquet, that we have,

uh, it's not like good. For, the moralical instincts have come up in small systems, in small networks. They have developed in and for small systems, not for the global, global, extremely complexa system we have

today. Say, say that you see a barn, be twinged to barnarbet, front for your eyes, so say that you see that you see this this, like, become, like, be twinged at work, longer days, and you see this lidandet, front for your eyes. Lidante. That Lida. That Lida is that you're, that you're, that you're, that you're, that's outstor smyrtta under a long time. So, you're, you know, man, you're, man, moward, can

say, can you say, under a time, can you, you know, and you're, so you see, so you see, so you, you're, so you, gives a very a very strong reaction us. We know that this is a fell we we like empathicer, we we, we know empathy

with the here barnet and we know that this here is moralist fell, so we have a stark reaction, a moralist reaction.

But say that this here barnet It's in an other land, longed-bort, and it is a, like a leverance-chedia. So, this is, this barnet, job and, maybe, to example, syrcladers, and these claders, and these These are the cladernia, you're going to your land, and you see these claderns in a boutique, and the here barnet is very longed-bought, you see not that, you see not the leveranskedian who have taken the

this plugget from the other landet, give a shep, and foractas, transporters to over half the world, transporters to your boutique. And you, you

will just buy clothes, you think, I will I will buy a pair bixor, okay, I will have a quality, I will have a billit

And it's very It's very It's very It's So it The her Barnet When you

Stor In a Boutique And you Will just You will just Cepa Cladder

Today So Resultatet of the global system is that Our Moraliscal

Compass Funggerer not when we have an an oendly, complex system of the global market that we have today. And I, personally,

I can think on that, to example, if I see an animal, lida, say that you see a hund with an owner

that, that's behandler and the hunden lider, you get ary, you, you know, you know, you're trying. But, sametid, so eat you, certainly, hamburger, or you

can't eater, or, you can't eat, or, like, you thinker not on that the you eater, actually, have lidied yet many also. For that, all thing is not on the complexity, so that we are not appassated for the complexity that we have in today's society.

Our moralistic a compass, fungered not really so bad. We, we reacter, maybe not, what is the biggest. And we react are not on them who are the most, but we reacter on what we see, what we hear. Also, and that means that those people who are best on, to take place, to the upmerexamness, the person who are best on to synes, the who are best on to hearas,

it's them who are who are upmerexamhetan. So, I'm coming in the this campaign on a sugrugruhr. It's the this plasticrower that we drinker out of, if you bestellers a drinka, so you often a sugrower, also the plastic rower, that you suger drinker, yeah, supros.

And it was a campaign on that suprosuror is, uh, forsturrsturraver, it is, it forsturrown, so that we must stop-and-a-plast-sug-rower for that it is very very lowly for the haven, it will a mass of plastic in the haven, but

actually, actually, so is a very, very little little little little little bit of problem, but the campaign

was very seenly and very to understand so people reacter but problem is that the people who are are good

on to signas and hearas and and get your upmerxamness it is often people who are so-called who have a so-called

in the dark triad, the dark triad also, narcissists, psychopaths, manipulative people and so. They who are, those who are often, have much power. For the power is oftenest

not something you for his good moral good moral not might so there there was a

a very a very a very kind philosopher and politicar who had Nicola Machiavelli

and Nicola Machiavelli this name Machiavelli is so far very chent he He had

He had much contact With kungar Politicar Poeven And so So he He learned He said

Very much About power Makt Makt It is also Inflitande So that

You have A strong Formog to To work Saker Sacker Especially especially

in politics and so. and he said, he said, he doesn't to people with good moral, but it is people, they are people,

the, they're who are still, also, those who are good on to over-leva, them who are good on,

those who have intelligence and an instinct to, to over-level and, clear

sist it's them who for and he said this said so here he said so here it is better to be

fructed than elsked if you can be both to be that being fructed it means that

people are redda for people, people, they're not to think that it's really very, very

red for something. So if I fructor you so it is that I are very very

red for you. And he said that it's better to be fructed than

elsked if you can be both. So when we we're talking about moral. So, for that, if we're talking about small groups, to example, a family, then

it's so clear very, very negative to, to example, scada and manipulate your family members. So, so it lones not to aggera in a family, it loneser it loneser not, also

it lowner to learner say it means that it gives you something it gives you not good it, it gives

you give you fordelal it lowner so it so it lowner not to scada and manipulate

and so your family medlemur but in a global system, so can it absolutely it can absolutely give you fordelers to manipulate

and so. And then come we to the Morka Triadent. So the Morka Triadent are three different personliness types. And the first The first is Machiavelism that comes, so Michaelo Machiavelli. So Machiavelism

is this that that the goal rightfaridgar medlen. So, you are okay

with to do moralical things if it takes a nearer than the goal.

You have a goal, you will come there, okay, you maybe must manipulate, you can't use, you maybe must make drama, you can't splitra

grouper, and yeah, for to know your mow, and if you are okay with this, yeah, then can you say that that you are a machiavellous

person, also. You are with you are okay with to manipulate, juga and scada for to know your goal

so you can rightfairding all these immoralical handlinger for that you need to know

that you are machiavelism next is narcissism and narcissism it is so clart that you have very much focus on self. You know, that all thing is about me

and what not are not so important. And I forcianer allot, I forcianer better than other people for that I better than other and you. And you will have this beundran

from other people, you want to have, erchannande and becrafels from other people.

You want that other people beundraren, becrafting and so. Self-centrering. It's narcissism.

And then we then we, the third psychopaty. And psychopaty is that you know, you know,

very calm, chancelomessit, call. Ingen empathy. You can completely not know empathy.

And you also very unred. Also, or red, you know, even under press.

So, and psychopater, they, they can often work very good under press for that they just aren't really redden of me. And they know not empathy for other people. And it can then work as them are very stark and focuserate. And So these three personlyhetes types, they representer the dark triadent, and they clara se often very well in strong, complexa system, opersonly system, system with

high concurrence but, but they they're oftenest not so good in a mindres system, in more stable milieu where it is

important with empathy and allit and so also as in a family or a or a

group with friends or more system, so, so, so are more biged on empathy and, and the lit. So,

it is, then the murkate triadens. But, okay, so these people are often good in in

a more impersonal system and so. But, is it really so, that these people are always,

better in in the in the life, in in the politics generally in the life in the world. Are it so

that they always like they're always like and then is the more complicated for that we

see just those who actually lookas we see them who them who can make

them who can't to know to topen. We see not all them that faller on the way of the for

people with dark triad personalities they are over-representerated in the power positions, so that it is a very

strong andel of this type of personer in but but it is also so that these people are overrepresented

also in fengelsers also bland criminal people who who not they're not they're

amned in fengelset or on another set in bottom of the the for

for the narcissists, the the most psychopaths and manipulators often so sabotor them to the end up until

their own life also and even them who actually can't be and can't

be good and lookas and even them who winer They betal also a high price. For often so, so are they, have them not so much kensololiv, maybe not so much meaning in the life.

They are, they live their life with tomahet, not so much not so much many men'slyga relations and such things so out

so are they very very farmongouser but in their private life so

have them often very many problem and and to

so fall also often often them some likeas. And there

many examples from history. We can look at the example like Hitler or Stalin and so, but there are many other examples also. And why are it so that they often

actually faller and mislycass? Yeah, it is for that, you know, you can say that it is on of because for the

people who nottingen they can't them no school from beginning or so

train them they to not to not not a and when when

not can't know then then then forlora also the

here the inner compasses that that should lead to to lookas with things in life. Also, to example, it is very

very important with personal relations, but if you don't know you don't very difficult to build

and build and upretthold relations and to and to it's led to it's not longer. That you're all things and

sabotor their own life. For Sculd is an important for to understand when you have done when you have done

when you must do something for to stand something for to ...stall the right of so. But, okay. So, next the last question is, can you, then,

can you, do, without a so-called dark-tri-ed personliness? Can you lookas without to be a psychopath, or an manipulator, or a narcissist?

Yeah, as, Like, our moralisticter they, they, they, don't work in the stora system so we must learn us

when and how we should use our moralistic instincts. So, you must not be a doly

person, but you must just be and learn say, what these people right, when it comes to

and signliness, without that you can't take their integrity, without that that you're not that's your soul, can

say. So, you know, what do these people are right when, and for to sinas, but without self-being a lowly man.

So, in video, so I'm talking Mark Manson on three things. How you can dox in a story system without to be a doly a person. And number one is more empathy and more sympathy. For, okay, so empathy

is when when when you're when you're really when you're really when you're a person, you're really, that you're really, you're really, you're really, you're really, setter in in the person's problem and feelings. And we, we are, we are, like, we are, like, programmed it, rent biologist to to get empathy with one person so you can't you can't

really empathy with many, many people simultaneously. We are programmed it to get empathy with and focuser on one person in a person. So

in the storea system so fungered not that. We're we're over-belastated and we start prioritise fail if we are for much empathy.

So if you, to example, leder a company and your anstelda they come to you and they're about their problems.

But can you, empathy for all of these people, so, so, but, but, but what can do is that that that's sympathy.

So, you go not in in in every person and, like, empathiser with every person, but you are more general and, and,

and, you know, with the men's more, but more, more, more, more, more, and more strategist. And you ask, what can I realistically do? Is this really my problem? Scapar I more problem? And so And so, and in video, so, so, so, so, so, so he's example, so take hexed-sand. So, to example, if you see a mancha, who holds on to drunken in cricksand, um, diker you near and offerer it self for to help the person. Or, springer you, in way and leter after a rep, so that you can draw up person. the repet instead. So it's a little

the difference on empathy and sympathy or medchensal. So that was number one. Number two is to sluta to look after becrafelse from

other people. So many people are trying to want to be omticted of all and it can work as

as something positive, that willia omticked of all. So that all people gillard you. But if I, if I, like, really,

that all, all, all, gillard me, it is actually a form of narcissism. And it's important that you are okay with, that

that sometimes of people. it's important that some people will not give me and if I accepter it, then I can I

do that that's right on really. So I can, I have, then I can get much more

power and to, to lookas in the life if I am okay with that all people

will not like me and that so that you're okay so that you're all time after external becrafelse of other people and the third point is that

that you learn talk and synas even when you're osacer okay for you'll be not beluned of

to have right but you be you be beluned when you can't. Also the person who says most and seems most and

is the most overtygant. It's the person who will leader. And not for that ideas are best but for that

that the person the person can't, that person, that person can't take place, voguear prata, voguear synas, even if you can't not be sure on that this is right or this is best, so. So, you must, vogue, talk, and synes, even when you're not even when you are whole, certainly, Newton, no,

he said, but it was an example with Isaac Newton. For, clearly, so heubbed Isaac Newton with alchemy yetteleng.

But, but, no, that, for that thener, so, so,

he worked on things that became very revolutionerand and very He had Mastousa, so he had Mast-a-mitted

And but he didn't know it for that Ingen bribed Sey, for that Siener, so had he

Massa or had he bad ideas So, like An end brilliant idea can neutraliserer

Tussens Doolical ideas. So if you have very, very, very, and it comes out, so, so, so, so people not on all the dolea ideas you had before. So, that was, then the three

points, how you can win in the story system, without to be a lowly person. So, for to summarize, this very long episode, a A strong andel of people in the world, so has much power, also a lot of the mactyedia people in the world, are narcissists, psychopater, and machiavelli's people. And these personality types, also the murkha triadens, they have fordelers in the global system.

The global system isnard the people. It ginnar not so much good moral. But, but we see just that we see just them who luckes. And the majority of these people come not so long. They are oftenest

people who are willing to risker much to winna and then it so that the the most are actually and then go it often

doly and you can lookas without to be a doly a little without to be

a dark tried personliness by through to study what do these

people right for to and you can and you can do you can without to offer your integrity and without to be a dullly man. Then

I think I personally that many unstanded people also many people with good moral, often not so interested in of the power and it's often as them

and the people are the dark, they're oftenest, they're very interested in the power, that the most important for them. But the dumbest is that we have really, that we're really making people who are good moral. So I think that it is our our answer to actually make more people who are good moral even if you're not so interested

of it, so it feels it's still important that you're trying to more power and inflytating. For to balanceer so that we we, we, we, we, more psychopators and narcissists in

the maked positions. So, yeah, interesting and it became very long. I hopeas that you think it was trevly to listen to. I'm going to

asklut with a other citat from Niccolo Machiavella. And it is that all ways are filled of faror

to value it doesn't not on to undvica faror for it is omelight to undivocal faror but to to choose right

way that that you can be recknard risker and you can aggerer besluts so and

see till that those mistaking you do, they come of your ambition and not of your latheet. So, see

that your misstack come out of your ambition and not of your latheat. Utveckla the styrkan to agger

with mood not, not the styrkan to out to out the I think it's

it's certainly important, but it's important, but it's even more important that you have the strength, to aggera with mood. So, it for to end upslut

the day's long off-snit. Have it so good, so we'll hear's soon again.