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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

God this is true, there's a staggering amount of people that lack it. So much selfishness as well

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I lost most of mine during Covid. The amount of selfishness by people during that time has made me want to never be empathetic towards them... and there were A LOT of selfish people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

It's akin to a skill, after all. Like humor. Having either one does not make someone good or bad. They're just gimmicks in the end.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Selfishness can be trained away, lack of empathy not very much it seems.

Happily we store all these non-empats in position of power.