I read somewhere that a potential cause of this is empathy fatigue caused by the global pandemic. We've been subliminally encouraged to be empathetic towards o

I read somewhere that a potential cause of this is empathy fatigue caused by the global pandemic. We've been subliminally encouraged to be empathetic towards our fellow neighbours, if only because we're all (or were) suffering under the same spectre of COVID-19... think back to banging pots and pans for first responders, etc. Now, I suppose the empathy has run out for some. I'm hearing first-hand from doctors that their patients treat them worse than pre-COVID. Me, personally, I'm seeing inconsiderate behaviour everywhere. Using your car to force your way into a lane more often than prior, general entitled behaviour, thinking of "me me me". Perhaps it's a natural (if terrible) reaction to having thought of "us us us" for two years.