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We now have nonsense wars on pretty much everything, in particular, notions of wokeness, DEIA, the list goes on and on, but perhaps the most damaging new war-front would be the shots fired against the very notion of empathy. It is being framed as a trait to be eradicated in a quest for some kind of evolutionary advancement. In short, it needs to be excised for civilization to progress by oligarch accounts. Elon Musk has been quoted as saying “the fundamental weakness of Western Civilization is empathy”.

Those advancing such deranged notions seem to have a vision of future society that will bring happiness to no one, including themselves. They claim empathy is a bug present in Western Civilization that is inherently suicidal. It’s a sick and twisted path, to come to these conclusions– that somehow having empathy will lead to a collapse of civilization. It’s a heady blend of racism, eugenics and internal woe that brings one to such ideas. They know the destination they want to arrive at, that is, wealthy white men such as themselves need to be in charge, and they step over whatever carnage is necessary to get them to that destination. The flagrant irony is that allowing these mentally unsound individuals to guide policy and even the reality we reside in will likely lead the planet to an unsustainable collapse of ecosystems and perhaps even the extinction of humans. These are not the people to allow to have free reign over our destinies. It is framed that nods to equity, inclusion and even empathy will cause some kind of downfall, when in fact the exact opposite is true. It’s as if we have all thrown our lot in with the most insane, foaming at the mouth individuals and have ceded all common sense.

It starts with an outrageous statement, like empathy is wrong, then the pathetic national media runs soft hit pieces against commonly held notions of decency. Muscular Jesus makes an appearance and the notions of golden........

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