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.
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.