What explains the global double standard on suffering? A timeless lesson in how pity is weaponized – or withheld.
As C.S. Lewis famously observed, “Pain is God’s megaphone to rouse a deaf world” – a stark reminder that suffering is often the loudest call for change we cannot afford to forego.
Yet, curiously, the world community seems to clearly hear God’s voice from Ukraine, but not from Gaza and Russia.
So why does the suffering of Ukrainians tend to stir deeper sorrow and elicit stronger support than the plight of Palestinians and Russians?
An ancient source reveals the hidden, mutually reinforcing factors controlling our empathy – and the…
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