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Ethereal: Good question. You are perfectly justified in asking me to explain my surety. I was originally going to argue that I am entitled to my opinion regardless, but in all honesty, i do not view the following as an opinion but rather fact and the essential truth of life. It is important to note that the following is the result of my own creations, and has not been adopted by any 3rd party influences, although after I adopted it it may have been purified, organized, or justified by outside influences.
Here are some psychologically sound assumptions (based on statistical probability):
1. Empathy is indicative of removing the barrier between your emotions and the emotions of another. If you are able to feel everything another person is feeling, you will then protect them just as you would protect yourself.
2. Given an extension of empathy towards one person, it would be in your best interests to protect and help them just as you would yourself. Given that extension of empathy towards 5 people, and the same would exist for 5 people. Given that extension for the whole universe and you would regard the entire universe's benefit as your own, and the universe's pain as your own.
3. Given that most sane people do not choose to cause themselves physical or emotional pain, the more people you are able to empathize with, the more likely you are to shower them with positivity given that most people would choose to make themselves feel better rather than worse.
Hence:
If one were to empathize with each and every person on the planet to a 100% degree, it would be impossible for them to hurt anyone else any more than they would be able to hurt themselves. This would remove the negativity that exists due to insecurities, for if you can feel everything everyone else feels, not only are you not alone, but you share in the benefits and losses that the world as a whole contains. Insecurity is generally the result of some sort of isolated judgement which is a moot point in a world where everyone is a part of the same whole.
Given the above information that is psychologically completely correct, it is then feasible to conclude that if you choose to be a good person who is the most positive, you should try to carry the burdens of everyone else and share in the joys of everyone else, which is empathy. To do this you must not only be strong, but extremely good at learning through awareness for every new entity one encounters is a new puzzle to unravel so as to achieve the maxmimum level of empathy.
"Hating everyone protects me from elitism."
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I win. 
