I'm going to guess you will get more growth in your career by learning how to be empathetic than negotiating with such an asinine argument.
aka, the sociopathic mentality.
Empathy is not the be all and end all. https://www.amazon.com/Against-Empathy-Case-Rational-Compass...
https://psychcentral.com/lib/neuroscience-sheds-light-on-why...