And lots of people use "empathy" as an excuse to forcibly extract money from productive people in order to give it away to leeches. Suckers who believe that every poor person is just a hard-working, well-intentioned person who wasn't given enough opportunities.

There are, of course, many poor people who are not lazy. But there are likely more who are lazy, dull, and sucking up resources that could better be used to improve society.