I am beginning to think that compassion is not a good thing...
...however, i feel that is more that i am changing the definition of compassion.

I think it is fine. As long as it is tempered with reason and it is voluntary.

Compassion by proxy is not compassion.

If you do it yourself that is compassion.

If you have someone else do it for you (like the government) that has nothing to do with compassion and is a scam. Pure virtue signalling.

EDIT: Using someone elses money to "Help" people is also not compassion. Socialism is not compassion. It is all a sham. People buy into it like it is compassion, but it is not.

Yet so many words and meanings are hijacked these days that it can be confusing. It is the war raging for control of the territory inside of our minds.