i think compersion psychologically plays a part in neoliberal late state capitalism & the emergence of social media
compersion as the feeling of joy for another person's joy, however ephemeral cos this isnt thru direct relating but rather, parasociality. "coined by poly communities in the 1990s, the concept has older roots in the Buddhist practice of mudita, or sympathetic joy" according to search engine ai results
i think its an attempt to resolve some of the cognitive dissonances of witnessing power-to-the-powerful dynamics of the western capitalism mythos in tension with bootstraps & 'hard work is rewarded' talking points