Compassion is effectively how a persons ego reacts to others unless they can figure out a way to practically help the person/people they are feeling compassiona

Compassion is effectively how a persons ego reacts to others unless they can figure out a way to practically help the person/people they are feeling compassionate about. There are an alarmingly large number of people who use the word 'compassion' when they see substance abuse addicts preferring to live on the streets and causing mayhem, often due to their resulting serious mental illness. Unless you have practical, effective solutions for those people and the society they live amongst I would argue much of what people like to think is 'compassion' is actually cruel enablement that perpetuates suffering. That 'compassion' is invariably well meaning but all too often wildly impractical and can actually make the suffering worse.