Can you truly see yourself in the other, in their shoes? By all means still try but don’t assume.

You can, by default, know that there is faulty programming in the world. You can paint everyone, including yourself, with faulty programming. This may allow for your focus to readjust to compassion lenses. To realize the human condition of which you are a participant.

Compassion does not condone and lead to passivity. It instead allows you to respond from a better stance to address faulty, corrupted programming. Towards yourself or others. So take action if your receptive but first start with your own perspective.