[austin-cheney]

American culture does an astonishingly horrible job of teaching empathy. Yes, for neurotypical people empathy can be taught just as sociopathic behaviors are often learned.

For me it took entering management in the military to really learn and appreciate empathy as a vital skill.

I really do tire of people with shit empathic abilities trying to Dunning-Kruger it with internalized sympathy. Sympathy does more harm than good at learning empathy. Call that tough love.