A stupid example: when an accident happen, for instance on a ship and someone die, some tend to express much their emotions, but officers need to restrain them

A stupid example: when an accident happen, for instance on a ship and someone die, some tend to express much their emotions, but officers need to restrain them to remain in control, accidents unfortunately happen and to avoid making them works or one that push to another we need to remain rational. I think the same mechanism happen in general "for powerful people" to a certain extent, to a certain other extent: if you never feel certain emotions, understanding them it's not equally immediate. I never feel the risk of loosing home for instance, I comprehend the drama of one who live with that risk but I can't feel such situation in the same way of one who have live that. That's to another extent. Finally some who know and see others who don't acting for instance in absurd ways easily tend to shake the head and say "well... They can't do more, that's their life, I can't help". All those consideration can be read in positive and negative ways in moral terms, but that's is. Another classic observational examples probably all "middle class" have observed: poor people tend to spend more in useless stuff. A simple examples just go in a poor area and you'll easy see more expensive dress, shoes etc than a rich one in mean, in daily life. It's easy to say for some "hey, if were poor I certainly not buy 600€ gym shoes or 100€ jeans, they are poor because they do not know how to save money!" and similarly some others in the same cohort can say "hum, well... That's seem true to a certain extent, but probably they choose to spend because they consider themself hopeless and they want some reward to see a better life they can't really afford". For ANY cohort of people regardless of the census few that have time and are smart, have a certain culture, probably comprehend more, others who live a "quicker" life and can't appreciate much the details simply apply a brutal razor. Those who have lived personally strong emotions feel more for similar situations etc. It does not take a real study to state that, mere common sense observation suffice, a rigorous study can just confirm that's true or eventually spot things common sense have failed to appreciate so far...