I appreciate your compassion and empathy for the suffering of others. I share your concern and your desire to help. But I also think that all humans care at so

I appreciate your compassion and empathy for the suffering of others. I share your concern and your desire to help. But I also think that all humans care at some basic level, it’s pretty difficult for us not to. Most of the turning away we see is more about self-protection from the gnawing feelings of despair that empathy generates. We would all do better to not make this about “who cares more”, but more about “what actions are we willing to put behind our care". That is likely to be a more productive conversation, and a starting point towards encouraging people to focus on action and not on feelings. (Bing helped me write this.)