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  • I think what you’re observing is the interplay between two variables with opposing correlation with respect to wealth:

    1. Having empathy
    2. Ability to display empathy

    Poorer people might have more empathy, but their ability to show it is inhibited because of lack of resources (time/energy/material) and lots of mental health issues that are a result of being poor. Wealthier people may have all the means to display empathy, but they’re less incentivized to do so. At some point in the middle, you get a sweet spot where there’s both sufficient desire and ability to do good.