If I could elaborate more I was just thinking of various statements of political philosophy that people have made to me in the past.

“The Golden rule is the one thing that all religions have in common.”

“Liberals just want to spread the misery around.”

“What we need is facts and logic, not emotion.”

“Liberty, equality, fraternity.”

“An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

I can’t tie this all up in a bow but there are some interesting themes and counter themes there. If I was a philosophy major I might be able to make more sense.

One could accomplish that with forced empathy and memory injection.

We already have fMRI tech that can do some of that.

The ease with which you’ve transformed empathy into a form of oppression...

I'm certainly not the only one to think of this.

I know of Twilight Zone episodes to have used that. Specifically one I can think of is the Dachau Nazi "doctor" comes back to relive his glory days, and is forced by the ghosts who still live there to forcefully feel their pain for the rest of his life. It's supernatural, but still the same idea.

There were also episodes of Outer Limits that did similar, but with a machine that forced them to live with the crime they committed.

I believe Black Mirror also did some of this as well.

We don’t need fMRI. There is plenty of opportunity to experience the conditions first hand.