Asakiyume mita

Generally speaking, empathy is something you have to learn. So it's quite easy for people who have limited real life experience (say, traditional students at an elite university) to lack it. And the larger culture encourages that lack with regard to poverty because viewing those who aren't winning in the game of global capitalism as "less than" helps justify the whole structure.

Or, this is what I tell myself when I'm lacking empathy for rich college kids anyway. :D