The true meaning of an honest person is actually having no aggression, while bad people/scumbags have aggression.
People can be classified along two dimensions: aggression and ability (whether strong or not), approximately:
Strong attack, strong ability (otherwise you are either a leader or a criminal 😂), representative figure: Wang Baoqiang in (Destiny)
Strong attack, weak ability, representative figure: Jiang Wu in (Destiny)
Strong ability, weak attack: most middle and upper management in companies
Weak ability, weak attack: honest people, the masses.
Thus, honest people are the most numerous in this society and are the cornerstone.
If people with weak ability and strong aggression dominate, then look at the criminal world in South America.