if you live only for yourself you are going to end up lonely and isolated. its better to put your interests first, and then once your needs are met, help uplift those around you who are worthy. build a strong team and family to lead.

this sort of black and white thinking is not the way to build power. if you openly act like a jerk you will build a poor reputation and people wont want to work with you. look at what happened to ellen. look at what happened to harvey weinstein. Reputations soiled, ellen lost a significant amount of her viewership and weinstein will rot in jail. Thats not power.

the path to power is much more nuanced than bE a jErK

I know you are going through your "I just swallowed the red pill badboi no more mr nice guy phase", but do yourself a favor reread the 48 laws more carefully and develop a more nuanced outlook, for your own sake, not mine.