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tabbycat31

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16. many 1% types lack empathy

Reply to Quartermass (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 09:55 PM

Dec 2011

My sister and BIL are 1% types, and I can't speak for my BIL but my parents were very big on empathy when we were growing up.

They went to a very elite college, and I often wonder if that college told them to check their empathy at the door.

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The 1% Should Live Like The Poor [View all] Quartermass Dec 2011 OP

I totally disagree anarch Dec 2011 #1

The problem isn't empathy, it's affinity. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #2

That is why CEO's are paid in company stock, and others get irrational bonuses. WingDinger Dec 2011 #5

Just ask Bernny Madoff Cigar11 Dec 2011 #3

I had a landlady that was sentenced to three months in her own slum apartment building. WingDinger Dec 2011 #4

problem is... FirstLight Dec 2011 #6

They should use far, far fewer resources than they universally do, that's for sure! Zorra Dec 2011 #7

That would teach them! Mosaic Dec 2011 #8

Many years ago Mayor Jane Byrne (Chgo) went to live in one of the worst housing projects here. Peregrine Took Dec 2011 #9

You know, not everybody in the top 1% are assholes... WI_DEM Dec 2011 #10

Waste of time trying to make them see the light. Modern_Matthew Dec 2011 #11

Hey that seems like a great idea for a reality TV show. MedicalAdmin Dec 2011 #12

Ignorance is bliss, and they love their bliss. /nt Festivito Dec 2011 #13

Hyperinflation is the only way they'll ever get it Zalatix Dec 2011 #14

Wouldn't work Courtesy Flush Dec 2011 #15

many 1% types lack empathy tabbycat31 Dec 2011 #16