Politics and Empathy

I am alive and I am acting with philosophical truth. I don't think that political activity accomplishes very much even though the intent is frequently passionate and just and good. I think it might have been Buddha that said, "All we can do to change the world is learn to breathe correctly."  Similarly, I think that all we can do to to change the world is help people to be more empathetic. If people have more empathy then the social problems go away. The only reason we have SUPER rich people in our society is that these SUPER rich people have little real feeling or empathy for others. This is what the arts and music can do: they can help people to be more empathetic. Hopefully, that will make some little positive difference in the world.  Who really knows?

(In response to a comment why I am not politically active)

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William Schaeffer