Interesting view on empathy, but he doesn't really take into account how much of our identity/empathy springs from there being an 'other', someone to oppose or

Interesting view on empathy, but he doesn't really take into account how much of our identity/empathy springs from there being an 'other', someone to oppose or be different from. Having a global empathy seems possible but I would argue that different 'regional empathies' will always win out when we really have to make a tough choice.