It's just visibility. People have empathized with unfortunates (called as such and not blamed for their problems) locally a long time ago too, some were unhappy

It's just visibility. People have empathized with unfortunates (called as such and not blamed for their problems) locally a long time ago too, some were unhappy there are a lot of poor and other wretches. It is what has driven some of the accomplishments we take for granted nowadays. The relative lack of visibility of people with those problems is rather increasing the lack of empathy. What you do not know you cannot empathize with properly.