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===Empathy is inert. Compassion is active.=== | ===Empathy is inert. Compassion is active.=== | ||
Empathy is to join in, to | Empathy is to join in, to immerse yourself in someone else’s problem: to ''colonise'' it without necessarily doing anything to ''alleviate'' it. | ||
Alleviating a problem — if there is a problem — satisfies the need for empathy. So the truly committed empathist ''does not want the problem to end'', for that way lies the end of empathy. | |||
We see this in a lot of “focus groups”. When the battle has been won, who wants to pack up the banners and go home? | We see this in a lot of “focus groups”. When the battle has been won, who wants to pack up the banners and go home? |