If this is true, and a huge number of Americans simply lack empathy, then we’re in big trouble.

It is true. Tyrants have figured out how to use media to psychologically destroy people's empathy.

I believe they've been subjected to decades of what amounts to psychological warfare, by people like Rush Limbaugh, Rupert Murdoch, Steve Bannon, and Vladimir Putin.

who made the statement at the bottom of your meme?

https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/06/19/evil-i-think-is-the-absence-of-empathy/

Amen. Empathy is what people need to feel towards everyone no matter what. Without empathy towards someone you cannot respect them or comprehend their dignity. When that is gone, the door to all manner of abuse is thrown open.

So are you going to stop calling people liars when they say they were abused by the church?