I’m willing to be those studies don’t include a representative sample of objectively rich households for comparison. Because it’s pretty clear to just about everyone on the planet that the families making multiple millions a year are severely lacking in empathy. That’s usually how they amassed that wealth in the first place.
In a society / country that’s wealthy that’s likely to be true. In a society / country that’s poor it’s likely that more are looking out for themselves only and that makes for shitty people regardless of status.
This is kind of important - I commonly see that people want to fight bigotry head-on rather than addressing what caused people to be bigoted in the first place, for example.
It’s a double edged sword. Should we solve problems that cause resentment and a lack of empathy? Absolutely!
Are the people who are already spoiled racist/greedy fucks going to magically become not racist greedy fucks because their problems are solved? Most won’t!
So, both “sides” wanting to first eat the rich and those wanting to solve inequality are correct. Both problems will have to be solved before the systemic issues are actually resolved.
I’m willing to be those studies don’t include a representative sample of objectively rich households for comparison. Because it’s pretty clear to just about everyone on the planet that the families making multiple millions a year are severely lacking in empathy. That’s usually how they amassed that wealth in the first place.
Just look at Norway, the only country on the continent not boycotting the New Nazi Wagon because it’s a good value buy right now.
In a society / country that’s wealthy that’s likely to be true. In a society / country that’s poor it’s likely that more are looking out for themselves only and that makes for shitty people regardless of status.
This is kind of important - I commonly see that people want to fight bigotry head-on rather than addressing what caused people to be bigoted in the first place, for example.
It’s a double edged sword. Should we solve problems that cause resentment and a lack of empathy? Absolutely!
Are the people who are already spoiled racist/greedy fucks going to magically become not racist greedy fucks because their problems are solved? Most won’t!
So, both “sides” wanting to first eat the rich and those wanting to solve inequality are correct. Both problems will have to be solved before the systemic issues are actually resolved.