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Themselves, logically.
Another answer:While logic would dictate the above, the actual picture is somewhat more complex. I'll explain:First, Sociopathy is no longer a diagnosis in the US (according to DSM-IV). Instead, it falls under the heading of Anti-Social Disorder (ASD), which includes a spectrum of related behavior. Some of the symptoms of ASD are shallowness of effect (persons served don't react deeply to powerful stimuli), a lack of empathy, and a general failure to grasp causality, i.e. cause and effect. So it's not uncommon to see ASD suffers committing acts we would consider to be grievous, and them being surprised at others' reactions. This is one reason you see serial killers stating their innocence, yet confessing the murders; they don't quite get the idea that murder (the cause) will get you convicted (the effect).
As such, regardless of intention, ASD sufferers don't have all of the limiting factors built in that non-ASD folks have, and this may lead them to harm others, physically, emotionally, etc. These acts will of course make life more difficult for the ASD sufferer, and so we can say they harm themselves thusly, but I'll stand by my statement that they are more likely to harm others than themselves, at least arithmetically.
I should also note that, while sociopaths (in the old parlance) typically have a lower rate of survival (maybe -- the numbers are questionable as are the studies and even the diagnosis), they surely do not lack in a survival drive.
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