lack of empathy and total apathy. I guess this is what we deserve.

A good thing is to learn to differentiate between 'emotional/gut reactions' and 'empathy'. A simple example can help: who do you think is the most helpful person (aka, showing empathy) in that hypothetical situation: two witnesses faced with a tragic car accident involving a little kid being badly hurt.

• The first witness immediately starts crying all the tears of their body, running around and shouting 'omygodomygodthatishorrible!' (which, we will probably all agree, it is) and starts blaming the driver (which maybe is to blame, or maybe not) and calling them names?
• The second witness that focus the only thing that matters (which is not blaming anyone): the child that is hurt, and that immediately calls 911 and do it as calmly as possible in order to be able to describe as precisely as possible the exact situation to the emergency respondents?

Ah, this helps put into perspective why the West

Are you being serious?

The comment you just replied to is one of of the most well grounded and sound I've read in way too long. Your... 'reaction' to it only demonstrates how badly we need to hear it a lot more often. A lot.

Also, a warm 'hello' from the West, wherever you living your perfect and faultless existence.