Any real world examples?

I feel like the richer the family you were born in, the worse it’d be, since you know, they have zero empathy.

It also appears to be the same way if you’re poor. Both extreme ends you’ll get shitty parents.

Well… I guess the silver lining is, the rich kids get to a more luxurious suffering.

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    Absolutely no difference. Unless you get to billionaire territory, because they are such a small sample that only happens with a very specific combination, there is no real difference between humans’ mindsets. Someone with net worth $10 mill has the same chance to be loving as a homeless person with negative net worth as has the same chance as some middle class person.

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      I would say even at the multi billionaire level it’s the same as at extremely poor level for the odds of feeling loved. Op is way over generalizing on this subject.

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        21 hours ago

        Generally I agree, they’re still just people like anyone else. However, they’re in very special situations, and very rare/special experiences have very rare/special impact. It’s very much not easy to be “normal” in these situations, which is why I said what I said.

      • socialjusticewizard@sh.itjust.works
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        Idk. There’s a selection process for people who become billionaires. Personally, I don’t think it’s really possible to become and remain one without a pretty low level of empathy.