WeUnite@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours agoWe are a lot more alike than we are differentmessage-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareWe are a lot more alike than we are differentWeUnite@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
Most people just want a good life. If we stopped seeing each other as the enemies the world could be better.
minus-squareZacpod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down7·3 hours agoI’m not sure that’s true. One side has empathy. The other does not. I don’t want to be friends with someone who doesn’t have empathy.
minus-squareFree_Opinions@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 hour agoThe world is not binary like that. Your side is not all good and the other side is not all bad.
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 hour agoOne would need empathy to see it that way ;)
minus-squareInterstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 hour agoEmpathy is something that can be learned like any ability, it isn’t always a binary you have it or you don’t.
minus-squareWeUnite@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 hours agoI kind of see your point there. My hope though is that maybe people could gain more empathy for each other by understanding that we are all human and I hope that one day people can understand each other’s struggles.
I’m not sure that’s true. One side has empathy. The other does not. I don’t want to be friends with someone who doesn’t have empathy.
The world is not binary like that. Your side is not all good and the other side is not all bad.
One would need empathy to see it that way ;)
Empathy is something that can be learned like any ability, it isn’t always a binary you have it or you don’t.
I kind of see your point there. My hope though is that maybe people could gain more empathy for each other by understanding that we are all human and I hope that one day people can understand each other’s struggles.