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[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Great idea! Here, I'll start:

People need to understand that there is a difference between empathy and sympathy, and the former does not imply the latter. Empathy simply means understanding where a person is coming from (i.e. their motives), it does not require that you agree with them.

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it does not require that you agree with them.

If only more people understood this, the world would already look so much nicer.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not sure it would look nicer, but at least it'd be more honest.

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It would be nicer. Religious people would understand that another religion can exist and that not everyone needs to agree with your religion or be dead.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Precisely. Like I realize that people who want my family deported or murdered are fully human and have a similar experience of physical reality as I do, but that understanding their perspective doesn't mean I agree with them, or lead me to believe I shouldn't defend myself against their intolerance.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Understanding that everyone else is also human is really just the ground floor of empathy. You can go so much further than that.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, like the certainty that if I had been subjected to identical conditions as those that brought an antagonist before me, that I would not have deviated by one atom from their path, and would find myself in the exact same shoes, clothes, skin, mind, and soul.

And we're still just talking about human minds.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Uhh, have you ever heard about this thing called free will?

The conditions alone aren’t what determines a person’s character. It’s also the choices they make along the way.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes ofc, but you're forgetting that I would have the same free will.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Right, which means that when faced with the same conditions you could still potentially make different choices

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No the free will is identical too

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

Then it's not free

[–] plyth@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Viral trends need to work for the majority of people or they cannot spread. Has the majority enough critical thinking capacity to turn it into an ability?

Maybe start with creating a place where people with empathy and critical thinking abilities can meet.

join mutual aid challenge bro

[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Best I can do is a demeaning money booth for random homeless people.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

What kind of memes would that involve?

[–] multifariace@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The thoughts in my head of what woupd actually happen if it came true are scary and depressing. I couldn't put it into proper words. Now I nees to go find a distraction.

demure and mindful?