You can explain it to them. They can sense the damage, and they can perceive that they have made a mistake. They can pretend to get it, and maybe for a brief moment they can even understand what it is they have done wrong. But as soon as the voices of complaint fade away and the crisis subsides, they'll go right back to doing it again, because the truth is they don't care and they despise everything about you that they cannot take and sell.
