‘The West is really a miracle’: Gad Saad deconstructs Suicidal Empathy

Empathy can misfire in several ways, he asserts. It can be weaponized by bad actors who understand that Westerners, including Canadians, fear nothing more than being called cruel or intolerant. It can smother hard conversations about immigration, crime and ideological extremism. And it can turn public policy into a kind of morality play, where the measure of a law or program is not whether it works, but whether it lets politicians and activists feel good about themselves.