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Look at your leaders. What percentage do you think operate from sincere va feigned or politically beneficial empathy? Is it a majority? At what level of govern
by isthisthingon99 4y ago
Look at your leaders. What percentage do you think operate from sincere va feigned or politically beneficial empathy?
Is it a majority? At what level of government do you think it becomes a majority or minority?
- Aeolun 4y agoI honestly think my leaders (in the Netherlands) roughly do what they believe is in the best interest of the people. I think there’s few that truly feign empathy. There’s people that don’t care. I just don’t see them in politics, they’re all business leaders. I guess politics isn’t lucrative enough here.
- isthisthingon99 4y agoThis is my theory. The more local, the more "like you", the more empathy. The more "other", the more fake empathy.
- rtpg 4y agoMoving the goalposts a lot here. I think that when confronted with a meaningless death directly most will feel empathy. I’m sure a lot of politicians will feel like it’s unfair to pin some event on them, and that might be their base reaction. But this is not a mutually exclusive thing! People can be mad about political messaging and still feel something about people dead while building a soccer stadium of all things.