@MostlyHarmless Maybe everyone needs more empathy in general. You don't need other people to resemble you to have empathy for them, and people don't need to be able to do something for you to have value either.
@jhooper @MostlyHarmless It's just the consecuence of systemic propaganda. I'm not even from North America like the OP probably is, but there's always a not so clear intent on vilifying the struggles of working class people by the mainstream media here. Their message can be resumed to: "You are poor because you want to be poor, now stop talking about systemic reform or we'll send the police to smack you".
@lionso @MostlyHarmless likely an acknowledgement of the threat the lower classes are to the rich.