The conservative ethos distilled.

[Tasmanian Devil]

13. I call it the Empathy Divide

The Empathy Divide:
• People with empathy don't understand those that lack it.
• People without empathy consider it a weakness.
So both despise and denigrate the others.

It seems (to me) to be the root cause of lots of our problems as a society ... behind racism, fear of immigrants, disdain for the poor, class entitlement, religious intolerance, anti-DEI, anti-woke, NIMBY ... the list goes on for so long.

The most charitable way I can think of those I view as empathy-deficient ... is that with the world becoming smaller and smaller, there's an overwhelming sense of fear if you're too empathetic; you have to block empathy out to be functional.

But usually I'm not so charitable and just furious at them for being stupid and selfish.

And yeah, my kids think I'm too judgmental

For both of you that have read this far, thanks for letting me rant