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He literally says "The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy" at one point in the larger quote, while your comment makes it sound like that wa
by ZeroGravitas 2y ago
He literally says "The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy" at one point in the larger quote, while your comment makes it sound like that was a paraphrase of his comment.
- gruez 2y ago>He literally says "The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy" at one point in the larger quote I never claimed that he didn't say that, only that selectively quoting that part conveys an entirely different message than if you quoted the whole thing.
- JeremyNT 2y agoAre we even reading the same thing? The rest of his statement is simply a justification for this explicitly stated position!