We lack empathy.
What's wrong with me? Empathy? This is capitalism. It's a dog eat dog. I want mine, and I like yours too. The Gallup Poll called. The first question was, what needs fixing? Education system. Half are stupid. The need for a moral compass. More than half don't have one. I should have said unbridled capitalism. European countries are ahead of us because they muster the will to fix the problems.
Half of us want to lock up the other half. That's civil war. My savant friend says the ship will right itself. No, Sam, it will not. It's sinking.
The golden rule started in 500 BC with Confucius.
Like humanists today, Confucius did not see 'the true way' as following religious codes but as based on reason and humanity, stressing the importance of benevolence, respect for others, and looking pragmatically at individual situations rather than blindly following traditional rules.
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