It's possible to feel empathy and at the same time pointing out the consequences of somebody's choices.
If my kid places his hands on a hot stovetop then I feel a lot of empathy and will obviously comfort him. But I won't run around claiming to the world that external forces made him do it. It was his choice. If it was his first time and/or nobody told him that it's a bad idea then there is limited responsibility, but otherwise it's squarely on him. Despite me feeling and expressing empathy.
I wonder if you can use your empathetic powers to imagine that layoffs might negatively affect some well paid engineers who are NOT fiscally irresponsible victims of lifestyle inflation
If my kid places his hands on a hot stovetop then I feel a lot of empathy and will obviously comfort him. But I won't run around claiming to the world that external forces made him do it. It was his choice. If it was his first time and/or nobody told him that it's a bad idea then there is limited responsibility, but otherwise it's squarely on him. Despite me feeling and expressing empathy.