You can& #39;t be a good organizer without empathy, and you can& #39;t be an effective communist without being a good organizer. I get needing to denounce the liberal line that being nice to everyone will fix society, but rejecting empathy and compassion is right deviation. https://twitter.com/EternalDago/status/1199813942236856320">https://twitter.com/EternalDa...

Sometimes working and oppressed people need a lot more from you or your org than you expected, and that can be stressful, but if you& #39;re committed you follow through anyway. It takes empathy to have that kind of commitment. A lack of empathy leads to apathy and opportunism.

Liberal: empathy is necessary and sufficient to change the world
Right deviationist/economist: empathy is not necessary or sufficient to change the world
Communist: empathy is necessary but not sufficient to change the world