I have often said that for many people that want to change the world (for the greater negative), they need to get addicted to Sim games. They will end up doing a lot less harm in that situation.
The real question is, how do you determine who is going to do negative or positive gains. A debate that is millennia old.
i remember years ago reading a tweet, i'm paraphrasing but it went something like:
"I love how men go from 'I'm gonna conquer the world!!' to 'im gonna sit here and paint my model figures'"
I think about it a lot, and your comment made me think of it again.
Flight sims are my 'model railways'