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>He literally says "The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy" at one point in the larger quote

I never claimed that he didn't say that, only that selectively quoting that part conveys an entirely different message than if you quoted the whole thing.




Are we even reading the same thing? The rest of his statement is simply a justification for this explicitly stated position!




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