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On the recordApril 9, 2025
Elon Musk said recently in a Joe Rogan podcast: ``The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.'' He further said that empathy has been ``weaponized.'' This is consistent with his statement that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, not the program that has saved the lives and the livelihood of countless Americans. This is the philosophy of the world's richest man, Elon Musk. Let me contrast that philosophy with that which was expressed in Matthew 25: ``For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you took me in, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you ministered to me, I was in prison, and you visited me. ``Then the righteous will answer, `Lord, when did we see you hungry, thirsty, a stranger, naked, sick or in prison?' And he will answer, `When you did this for the least of my brothers, you did it for me.' '' Empathy: Not the weakness of Western civilization; the bedrock of Western civilization. ____________________
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George Latimer
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Apr 9, 2025

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