Exploring the Paradox of Banter [disclaimer: ridiculous]
Sometimes it turns out that the most selfish people are the ones who are the least affected by societal norms and social customs, as well as authority figures who tell people what to do. This is an interesting observation, because people who will do what they want to do at any cost will often get angry when other people tell them what to do. So, they don’t have the 'people-pleasing', 'striving to be good in other peoples’ eyes even when it doesn’t go with what their soul screams', desperation that we usually see in people who are extremely empathetic. Empaths are extremely important in our world because empaths encourage collaboration over competition, across groups of people… and this is something that’s direly needed in today’s technological climate, where we are connecting and networking with greater groups of people yet daily, and we certainly don't want to be competing with that many people. Well, those of us that don't- the empaths are being targeted. P