"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit,” Musk said. “There it’s they’re exploiting a bug in Western civilization, which is the empathy response.”
Probably a lot of us are tired of Musks ramblings but I just thought this is clearly showing why he is so dangerous.
I think Musk may be more of a psychopath than Donald Trump, who is more of a narcissist but hopefully not a full blown maniac.
This has been a repeatedly raised point from the Evangelical right over the last few years. Then it moved into the right-wing bubble as a whole, and now Leon is regurgitating it.
For those who may have been on the fence about this discussion, No, Empathy is not weakness, and it’s not a “bug”. Can it be exploited like any other emotional response? Certainly, but that doesn’t make it the boogeyman that it’s being painted as.