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davidaugust:

A screenshot of a social media post contains a quote attributed to Elon Musk and a quote from G.M. Gilbert.   The first part “Elon Musk to CNN: ‘The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit,’ Musk said. ‘There it's they're exploiting a bug in Western civilization, which is the empathy response.’ Empathy, he said, has been ‘weaponized.’ Now read the attached, below:”  [A black-and-white image of G.M. Gilbert, identified as the chief psychologist who interviewed Nazis during the Nuremberg Trials.]  “I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I've come close to defining it: a lack of empathy. It's the one characteristic that connects all the defendants. A genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow man. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.  - G. M. Gilbert  AZ QUOTES”ALT

Yes, Musk really did say this (sources)

No, it was not a misquote nor taken out of context

Yes, Elon Musk — the eugenicist who publicly did a Nazi salute at the presidential podium — IS a Nazi and he is trolling people with Nazi quotes

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