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Re:Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear fro... by hoophoop on Sunday July 05, 2020 @10:12AM (#23738772)
Let's stop with the performative cynicism on HN.

There is overwhelming scientific evidence that (mentally healthy) humans are pretty capable of empathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy

> They motivate their selfish actions, to others but also to themselves (Motivated Reasoning) with noble sounding arguments

You are claiming that selfishness is the only driver but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivated_reasoning goes both ways.

Besides, why do you refer to people as "they"? Are you a bot?

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Re:Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear fro... by Analemma_ on Sunday July 05, 2020 @10:29AM (#23738935)
Humans can have empathy. Publicly-traded corporations cannot.
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Re:Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear fro... by BurningFrog on Sunday July 05, 2020 @10:19AM (#23738846)
I agree that humans have a lot of empathy, and that selfishness is far from our only driver.
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