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There's an interesting theory, which I can't recall the name of, that says that poor people understand the rich because they can empathize with them, but it tak
by Declanomous 9y ago
There's an interesting theory, which I can't recall the name of, that says that poor people understand the rich because they can empathize with them, but it takes too much energy for the rich to empathize with the poor because there are so many of them and their burden is overwhelming. So the rich don't understand the poor but the poor understand the rich, which explains why we have the laws we have.
- creep 9y agoIt would be interesting if you could explain this a little better, or find the source. Sounds a little vague but I'd like to know more.
- Declanomous 9y agohttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797610387613 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797610387613 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-wealth-reduces-compassion/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-wealth-reduce... I'm not a sociologist, so I won't try to explain it, but that should give you a start. I can't find the article that used my exact explanation, but the rich are consistently shown to be worse at empathizing with others
- racer-v 9y agoIt seems more likely that the lower classes can easily empathize with the rich because they want to be the rich, while the converse is not normally true.