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▲ asadotzler 2 days ago

spending your empathy on billionaires rather than people being screwed over by billionaires is a choice.

▲its_ethan a day ago | parent | next [-]

Something you might be excited to learn is that empathy is not a finite resource! You can spend as much of it as you want and never actually run out - try it!

▲NetMageSCW a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Choosing who deserves empathy based on their bank account is also a choice.

▲asadotzler a day ago | parent [-]

Genghis Khan probably had bunions and I could have some empathy for the pain endured, but I don't because spending a second feeling anything for him is a second I'm not invested in empathizing with, and better yet, helping people that actually need it.

DO you feel for how depressed that WW2 dictator was before he took his own life? How sad and lonely the big "H" was? That stirs empathy in you? Not me. I make choices about who I spend my mental and emotional efforts on.