Within a society, we can see abundant kindness and love and compassion, but that society may still be unleashing utter destruction on those unfortunate enough not to live within its borders or be within its empathy circle. The British could only see how they looked to each other, not how they looked to Indians starving to death under their rule.

It is also worth noting that the British were not treating each other with love and compassion they were inventing industrial capitalism and working children to death. The empathy circle comprised of the aristocracy