It sound alike you already know the answer to your question.
If you ask me, though, I don't see why it's not possible for grave suffering to exist in multiple places simultaneously.
If you ask me, though, I don't see why it's not possible for grave suffering to exist in multiple places simultaneously.
My capacity to give damns is finite.
If you happen to be some saint who has infinite capacity for empathy, good for you. I think most people share my sentiment, though.
It’s just that my ability and will to do anything more than care is lacking.
Presumably if I cared enough I’d donate to some charity, but I feel fixing this kind of stuff is why we have governments with humanitarian aid programmes (which I happily pay for through taxes), which should theoretically be a thousand times more effective.
* First priority is caring for myself. I can't care for anyone if I don't.
* Next is immediate family.
* Then it's my closest friends.
* Followed by my other friends and extended/distant family.
* After that are my professional connections: Co-workers, bosses, subordinates, clients, suppliers, and so on. They are who I derive a living from.
* Now I get to strangers I happen to meet during my life. This is actually an important group as, indeed, most if not all friendships, professional connections, and even family originate here.
* Finally, after all that, I can maybe care about strangers I have not met and will never meet during my life.
I'm sorry, my damns ran dry somewhere in "strangers in my life" before I got through them and I think that's actually being generous. I don't have any left for someone on the other god damn side of the world who is literally meaningless to me.