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"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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

It's like "they hate us for our freedoms" and then proceed to erode said freedoms.

[–] kat_angstrom 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

Empathy makes us human. To completely lack empathy implies a brain disorder

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Empathy is the enemy if you buy fully into the American way of working hard and ignoring weather you are happy or not.. Then its better to push those feelings down and ignore them, pretend they dont exist.

I dont think any of the working culture is the point of our lives.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If someone brutally executed Musk I know I wouldn't feel empathy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I know we’re fucked anyways, but I will celebrate SO. MUCH. when he dies, when Trump dies, when Mitch McConnell dies. I just know I will be feeling so much joy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you feel like you're a scummy asshole by the standards of the society you're in, you kind of have to convince yourself that it's the society that's wrong, so you can remain the hero of your own story, in your own head.

Nkw if you're on top of it a megalomaniac malignant narcissistic piece of crap with way more wealth than any human should ever have, you don't only convince yourself, you try to convince the whole world, and you try to change the very values of that society.

What a deeply fucking sick piece of barely human garbage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I think this is spot on. These people all have some sort of reality distortion field where no matter what they do, they are always right.

Its dangerous when those guys get this kind of influence on the world and can easily lead go wars.

[–] SinningStromgald 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ketamine is a hell of a drug.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I never even heard of it before colleagues starting talking about how Musk is always on it... Nice influence...

[–] SinningStromgald 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was in fashion then straight to obscure pretty quick as a recreational drug in the US. Probably due to the events that lead to the movie Party Monster. There is pretty good documentary on it and ketamine.

Ketamine did come back as a treatment for depression in the last decade or so, along with psilocybin, via microdosing. Which is what Musky says he does, and has a prescription for.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So he is depressed and talking about how empathy is bad for humanity...

These guys are so fucked up. :)

[–] teamevil 5 points 2 days ago

I'd love it is society was saved from musk.