Elon Musk: Weaponized Empathy Is Driving Western Civilization Toward Suicide

Elon Musk: We also need to have empathy for civilization as a whole.

“Gad Saad talks about suicidal empathy. There's so much empathy that you actually suicide yourself. We've got civilizational suicidal empathy going on.

I believe in empathy. I think you should care about other people, but you need to have empathy for civilization as a whole and not commit to a civilizational suicide.

The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy. The empathy exploit.

I think empathy is good, but you need to think it through and not just be programmed like a robot. Weaponized empathy is the issue.”

The Joe Rogan Experience, February 28, 2025