Gil Duran on Nostr: Lack of Empathy: Musk sees empathy as a weakness. His friends and family almost ...

Lack of Empathy: Musk sees empathy as a weakness. His friends and family almost uniformly say he lacks it. Studies show lower levels of empathy correlate to conservative political leanings. So Musk's empathy void suggests he's hard-wired for Republican/authoritarian politics.

The GOP is overtly anti-empathy in both its policies and rhetoric. As
@georgelakoff
would say, empathy is necessary for democracy because citizens care about other citizens & make decisions for a common good.