2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I have examined where my loyalties lie, you judge, I'll explain my position. [View all]Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)It also gives us scars that never heal. There are worse scars worn by those that have experienced horrors unimaginable to me, I've met such people as they tend to end up in poverty with us (as have you, perhaps you even have such additional scaring), Many are vets, many have been abused in unimaginable ways, but we get to meet them, sometimes helping a little if we can and this too adds to our experience.
There is a post somewhere in this thread addressing the mentally ill, we know them, they also fell through the cracks and were found among our number, among the the addresses of the "dirt poor".
One thing that many people of many backgrounds, including even some that are wealthy hold within them is the quality of empathy, those like us usually have a well developed sense of empathy because we know how to help each other out because no one else will outside of the poor zone.
The politicians that run things these days appear to lack the quality of empathy, who knows why, perhaps it is the wealth that makes it harder for some to develop, perhaps it is lost after selling one's soul to the devil too many times in the back rooms of the halls of government. Some even say many are actual sociopaths, whom are drawn to areas like politics.
All I know is, I consider empathy the greatest angel of my soul and if I can help anybody I will, not for points, or recognition, in fact because I am poor now, what little I can do to help will never carry with it such superfluous awards.
Most involved in the current political Revolution possess empathy, while some perhaps simply hope for a better life.
One thing I do know is that if and whenever we find anyone that holds office or wishes to, those are the ones we vote for, The ones with empathy, the rest can pound sand.