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  Yes please.
context: My favorite are the ones with very harsh political views that immediately develop a soft spot once it begins to effect them or someone they care aboout personally. >
  
  my overly religious sister after her son came out of the closet about the church: "i dont like they pretend they have the moral highground all the time" >
  
  This is dumb.  We know for a fact that PS5's have pain blocking technology. >
  
  Is that...not what haptic feedback is? >
  
  I totally agree, there's way too many people who think money is some magic shield that prevents you from feeling pain. Those people really lack some basic emotional intelligence and empathy. >
  
  Most people seem to completely not understand this. 
  Does it remove some stress from your life? Sure. But it also adds some. It’s not the same as your car breaking down and now you can’t get to work. But it’s stress nonetheless. 
  At the end of the day, it’s all just stuff. It’s only meaningful if you have time to enjoy it and people to enjoy it with. >
  
  Yet, I'll bet your house you don't want to trade places with the homeless person.  
  Understand WTF the point is. >
  
  I bet you wouldn’t want to either. >
  
  Point is everyone says it's just stuff but no one would want to be homeless on the streets and don't want to admit that having certain things provides a certain level of happiness you wouldn't have otherwise. >
  
  Your argument is exactly the kind of thing OP is talking about. It puts hardship and struggle on a hierarchy and the struggles of someone higher on the social ladders is worth less than the struggles of someone lower. 
  Depressed? How can you be depressed, you aren't homeless!
  What do you mean, you feel worthless because you can't get a job? You're white, you can't feel worthless!
  Aww, you're sad you can't find a relationship? Too bad, you're a man! There are women who deserve that sadness more than you for the exact same thing.
  There are starving kids in Africa and that doesn't invalidate how I feel. Or how you feel. And some times people are just fucked over, no matter how rich they are. Remember what happened to Johnny Depp? >
  
  Yeah, ya still have feelings, that doesnt mean cash and financial security dont help, and throwing yourself a pity party for having an extra car is ridiculous >
  
  Agreed. Also have a problem w ppl that call themselves “empaths” for the same reason >
  
  Pain is pain for everyone, everyone struggles. I just happen to be able to see that some have tools to treat that pain and those struggles, and A LOT of people don’t. >
  
  Couldn't agree more. Especially when a lot of people act as though being "privileged" (which can be a fairly nebulously and overused term anyway) means you cannot have problems or your problems are unimportant.
  There are always going to be more important problems, I live in Britain therefore I have less important problems than someone living in Ukraine or Ethiopia.  But that doesn't mean I don't have problems and it doesn't mean they don't affect me. >
  
  Yeah I got called privileged for being able to get a diagnosis for my autism. People just use that term for anyone they dislike >
  
  It can also be used as an excuse for self diagnosis but that's way more common online than it is in person. >
  
  
  "this person cannot possibly feel pain because he owns a ps5, and that ps5 protects that person from feeling pain",
  
  I understand your point, but a PS5 costs like half as much as a cell phone these days. I wouldn't call that being privileged. >
  
  It depends. Half of the world population cannot afford a PS5. >
  
  Privilege is subjective, then.
  For example in an extremely poor country, people who can afford 2 meals a day are privileged compared to those who only eat once a day. >
  
  Exactly. The cell phone I have right now is probably better than the cell phones even the richest king was able to get in the 19th century. Some kings would probably kill to be able to get even the Nokia phone my dad had when I was a kid.
  Many of us have something that would make the richest person in the past jealous. Yet, those people have more wealth. Privilege is super relative. >
  
  This comment makes almost no sense. >
  
  It makes perfect sense. The cell phone I have is better than the one the richest king was able to buy in the 19th century; which is to say, no cell phone at all. You don't think kings from the past would be jealous of our ability to communicate with people around the world, have the world's knowledge at our fingertips, use productivity tools to make our lives easier... not to mention other modern advancements, like our ability to eradicate diseases like smallpox and polio. 
  Even the poorest of us have access to things that the richest people in the past could only dream of. That's a privilege you enjoy because of the circumstances of your birth, just as much as white privilege or wealth privilege or any other privilege you care to name. >
  
  No, we are not limited in empathy,  we are showing apathy. We don't care, not that we can't care. >
  
  There are countless studies that confirm that more money = less empathy across the board (there are always exceptions).
  We are simply returning the favor. >
  
  Ah yes, the famous “us and them” approach, with just a dash of generalization and whataboutism. Famously used by compassionate and empathetic souls with reasonable nuanced takes >
  
  Well the polarisation of our society is mostly caused by the interests of the extremely rich. >
  
  TIL owning a ps5 makes you rich lol
  Come on tho dude many people in poverty have 70 inch TVs and the latest consoles. They're still in poverty. >
  
  Sure. But at the same time - I can understand perfectly how someone ends up the way they are while still acknowledging that maintaining their privileged existence requires subjugating their fellow man to their whims.
  I often think how out of touch, sheltered, and ignorant I would be if I were rich. Like people who watched breaking bad might understand how walter white ended up the way he is, but thats not an excuse for his behavior. >
  
  Most wealthy people aren't subjugating anyone >
  
  Please elaborate. >
  
  Me?