3 ms·
Nah, I would argue that empathy has never been anything more than that. We have existing names for the “real” empathy you being up too — people call it being tw
by knzhou 7y ago
Nah, I would argue that empathy has never been anything more than that. We have existing names for the “real” empathy you being up too — people call it being two-faced, practicing whataboutism, being callously analytical, being too unempathetic to side with the obviously right side, and so on.
- pas 7y agoPeople can be empathetic toward one person easily. A small group, yeah sure, it happens. But the moment they need to consider a group roughly the same size as theirs, and with opposing intents, fuck no. (And that's why seemingly two part politics devolves everywhere to a zero-sum game.)