About this episode

Gad Saad discusses the evolutionary psychology behind Western self-destruction in the name of tolerance and the implications of empathy misfiring.

I sat down with Gad Saad, author of “Suicidal Empathy,” to discuss the evolutionary psychology behind why the West is self-destructing in the name of tolerance. Empathy is a perfectly adaptive human trait, but like any biological mechanism, it can misfire. When ideological parasites like gender ideology and critical race theory are the basis for empathy, it stops being a virtue and becomes a civilizational death wish. We also get into why intelligent people are paradoxically the most vulnerable to bad ideas, why communism keeps coming back no matter how many times history buries it, and what it will actually take for the West to rediscover its survival instinct. _____________________________________ Make the switch to real oral care. Go to http://vanman.shop/dad and use code DAD for 15% off your first order. _____________________________________ Follow Gad Saad on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/GadSaad?s=20 Watch “The Saad Truth” on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@gadsaad?si=IXzOZiofEqQwjEld Order a copy of “Suicidal Empathy”: https://a.co/d/00Nzg4h0 _____________________________________ Outline: [0:00] A Canadian trying to save America [2:08] What happens when empathy…

People in this episode

Host: John Papola

Guest: Gad Saad

Topics covered

• evolutionary psychology
• tolerance
• empathy
• ideological parasites
• civilizational survival
• bad ideas
• communism

Keywords

• evolutionary psychology
• empathy
• tolerance
• gender ideology
• critical race theory
• civilizational death wish
• bad ideas
• communism
• survival instinct

Sponsors

Vanman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Saad Truth

Books & works: Suicidal Empathy

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