https://quillette.com/2021/02/27/the-evolutionary-advantages-o | Critical Spectator

https://quillette.com/2021/02/27/the-evolutionary-advantages-of-playing-victim/

"Newly published research indicates that people who more frequently signal their victimhood (whether real, exaggerated, or false) are more likely to lie and cheat for material gain and denigrate others as a means to get ahead. Victimhood signaling is associated with numerous morally undesirable personality traits, such as narcissism, Machiavellianism (willingness to manipulate and exploit others for self-benefit), a sense of entitlement, and lower honesty and humility."

Don't we just know it all?