Gad Saad, a scholar at the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom at the University of Mississippi, warns how misdirected empathy endangers not just well-intentioned individuals but Western civilization itself.
Empathy—the ability to understand and share the feelings of another—is a noble virtue. But empathy can also lead us astray. In fact, it can be fatal.
Working with Prager University, Saad has produced a video that covers the topic. He begins with British Historian Arnold Toynbee’s answer to the question, “How do civilizations die?”
Toynbee’s answer:
“They die not by murder but by suicide.”
The video is less than six minutes and well worth your time.