Feeling what Other People are Like

I am deficient in this basic social skill, and I might as well admit it.

But I am certain other people (many other people) lack this skill. And don't want to admit it.

This puts both of us at a serious disadvantage. A disadvantage, that we don't seem able to overcome.

We are able to relate, but only superficially. In the Market, for example, we can function well - as buyers and sellers of our products. That might include us.

The Market made us richer, materially - but poorer, socially.

The Market was only invented a few hundred years ago, but has made a huge difference. It created rich people, and poor people. And rich countries and poor countries.

But most importantly, the inability to stabilize this income differential to a reasonable level.
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Global Poverty has not decreased, and we cannot change this stubborn fact.

The economic situation has become part of our religious lives - which has made it even worse. My family, for example, cannot realize that Mormonism was created by economic forces. They insist it was divinely appointed, and contains eternal truths.