“Rich people just care less,”
 Well then, pretty obviously the TM-Rajas being pre-select for wealth are too 
remote to understand the problem.
 

 
 Since the 1970s, the gap between the rich and everyone else has skyrocketed. 
Income inequality is at its highest level in a century. This widening gulf 
between the haves and have-less troubles me, but not for the obvious reasons. 
Apart from the financial inequities, I fear the expansion of an entirely 
different gap, caused by the inability to see oneself in a less advantaged 
person’s shoes. Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also 
addressing the gap in empathy.
 

 
 This has profound implications for societal behavior and government policy. 
Tuning in to the needs and feelings of another person is a prerequisite to 
empathy, which in turn can lead to understanding, concern and, if the 
circumstances are right, compassionate action. 
 

 
 “Turning a blind eye. Giving someone the cold shoulder. Looking down on 
people. Seeing right through them.
 These metaphors for condescending or dismissive behavior are more than just 
descriptive. They suggest, to a surprisingly accurate extent, the social 
distance between those with greater power and those with less” 
 

 
 
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/rich-people-just-care-less/?exprod=myyahoo&_r=1
 
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/rich-people-just-care-less/?exprod=myyahoo&_r=1
 

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