Psychologists have found that those who have freed themselves from poverty usually show less compassion for the less privileged – and lose understanding for the failure of others. Why is that?
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Sebastian Herrmann
The father made a living as a taxi driver, the mother worked in a knitwear shop. Still, it was hardly enough. “I come from a very poor family,” American entrepreneur Sheldon Adelson once told ABC News. Father, mother and the four children would have lived in just one room. He knows very well where he comes from, according to the subliminal message of the man who became one of the richest people in the world with real estate, casinos and other investments. At times, only Bill Gates and Warren Buffett were wealthier than Adelson, who died in 2021 at the age of 87.