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There's been a vicious cycle online lately.
1) People treat empathy as a scarce resource.
2) People lash out at any act empathy toward "the other side" for fear of that scarce resource running out.
3) People legitimize the fear in Step 2 by running out of empathy for those lashing out... which brings us back to Step 1.
Empathy does not have to be a scarce resource. We do not have to diminish *any* suffering - & that includes the suffering of those lashing out.
It's trauma all the way down.
@MLClark
they're operating in the zero sum bias, which is the motivator for envy and hatred, as well as selfishness on steroids.
it brings paranoia and obsession as well.