Musk said, “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy,” meaning he believes that empathy is a flaw that will lead to its downfall.
Yet, it is clear to me as a deeply and gratefully empathetic person, that it is the lack of empathy that is leading to Western civilization’s current demise.
Western civilization can and should tumble. It is falling as we speak. Empire is brief compared to ancient Indigenous worlds that continue to thrive on empathy.
What the fascist, eugenics-ridden right is trying to root out because they believe it is a built-in blemish, empathy, is in fact the only feature that could have prevented its own crumbling.
It is deliciously ironic, that the thing they wanted eliminated was the very thing that could have extended its life. When you build something negating existence, you cannot exist.
People who do not understand empathy themselves cannot possibly understand its significance.
Empathy is existence. Empathy is life.
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