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We are not sympathetic. We care only for ourselves. When a family runs out of money their homes and cars are taken and sold for cheap, where the rest of us make a profit.

It’s a zero sum game of “I win, you lose”. There’s really no equal. A “non-zero sum game” means both sides are happy. But that’s rare.

Even helping homeless comes with a risk of being had. I bought a sandwich for a guy who said he was homeless, and saw him later at a grocery store with a basket full of food.

There are just people with less shame, less pride, who can psychologically take advantage of people, openly.

Yet we all - ALL - take advantage of people. Just not openly. People die of famine “over there” so we can live how we want here.

This ain’t really a call for action. Just stop acting so fcking righteous.

When you sit in church and feel holy, fck you. When you vote for the ideologue you believe will make things great again- fck you.

This lack of self awareness is our BIGGEST problem. If we could accept the fact that we are not sympathetic, and we’re actually GREEDY that’s a good first step. And we can try help people from a better position.