social life is social work

I reserve limited empathy for folks who focus their lives on consumables, family, friends, and religion. But I make a point to stay engaged with plebs as a matter of being informed, and participating in society. Sometimes the more I talk to them, the more I wonder why I bother - but, the discomfort, is the point. If they were already like me, I wouldn't have to talk to them, we would simply understand each other. Social life is social work. On we go ...