Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities so the social process requires standardization of man and this standardization is called equality.
With production alone as the goal industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line standardization for mass consumption.
Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy but they don't have much empathy for the autistic kid who is screaming at the baseball game because he can't stand the sensory overload. Or the autistic kid having a meltdown in the school cafeteria because there's too much stimulation.