Posted again because people interpreted it differently to me.

Basically, in movies love and morals tend to prevail and win. In real life, it is a lack of empathy, psychopathy or a level of ruthlessness which gets a person ahead in life. The bad guys often win and then paint themselves as the moral person to the public.

http://illimitablemen.com/2016/03/07/machiavellian-maxims-part-2/