More like: a sociopath is someone who doesn’t have a speedometer in their car and never did, and learned thru various consequences (like being frequently ticketed or skidding off the road) to keep his speed “legal” - still doesn’t understand the concept of speed limits as we with speedometers do, but does adhere to the limit by deduction and has no qualms about flooring it when reasonably sure nothing will come of it.
You know what a speedometer is, expect everyone has one, and behaves accordingly even if it’s broken.
Sociopaths don’t know what speedometers are, they’ve just learned to go “flow of traffic” to not get pulled over.
Sociopath's know when they are doing something wrong, which is why they spend time hiding their tracks or creating allusions to get you off their backs. Good case Bernie Madoff. And Barack Obama.