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𝐃𝐑 𝐆𝐀𝐃 𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐔: 𝐂𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐄 𝐁𝐘 𝐒𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐃𝐄
Evolutionary behavioral scientist Dr Gad Saad, author of “Suicidal Empathy: Dying to be Kind”, with the operating diagnosis of Western decline:
“𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘮∗𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺.”
On Merkel’s 2015 open door as the case study. 𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧-𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫∗pe, m∗𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. The empathy was real. The downstream cost was paid by ordinary citizens.
Saad’s three inoculation rules every Westerner should memorize: 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭, and stop being tolerant of all viewpoints — 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬.
𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 — 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡.
𝘷𝘪𝘢 @𝘈𝘊𝘛𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 @𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 @𝘎𝘢𝘥𝘚𝘢𝘢𝘥