Book Club - Suicidal Empathy

Welcome to the Seattle Intellectual Book Club! The 49th book we are reading is called "Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind" by Gad Saad. Come grab a drink, discuss and hang out. \*Please note that it's okay if you don't finish the book but please make an effort to at least start reading the book. Agenda: 6:30pm - 7:00pm Arrive & please buy drinks to support our venue if able 7:00pm - 8:30pm Group Discussion Please let me know if you have any suggestions for upcoming books for the group to read, venues to meet at or any other constructive feedback on the format. Here is the link to our Discord (text or voice chat rooms) to discuss anything book club related. [https://discord.gg/dRHj5ssaAy](https://discord.gg/dRHj5ssaAy) Like what we are doing and want to chip in? Please consider donating. Donations will help cover the cost of the meet up registration. (about $400/year). Venmo is **@Seattle_Intellectual_Bookclub** \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Here is the book description from Amazon: "*AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *The bestselling author of The Parasitic Mind shows why empathy in politics leads to civilizational collapse.* *What happens when a society elevates victimhood to a virtue and decides that punishment is cruel? You get the disease Dr. Gad Saad calls suicidal empathy. And the West may be terminally infected.* *In his new book, Suicidal Empathy, Saad unleashes a blistering critique of maladaptively irrational altruism that has gripped our culture. This mind parasite hijacked the empathy module of our progressive elite, leading to a catastrophic miscalibration of moral priorities. The results are everywhere: from coddling violent criminals to protecting rapists to branding self-defense as toxic behavior. We are witnessing a civilization in rapid decline. Lunatic policies are instituted because we prioritize the feelings of ostensibly marginalized groups over The Truth, criminals over victims, and squatters over homeowners. This is not humane; it’s an active dismantling of the pillars that keep us safe and free.* *This crisis of empathy creates a horrifying system of inverse morality where the strong and successful are demonized, and the destructive are celebrated. Just look at the insane inversions we tolerate daily: we prefer illegal migrants over our own legal citizens and veterans, permit drug addicts to threaten children’s safety in parks, and elevate transgender 'women' above biological women in sports and safe spaces. Common sense is dying in a deluge of misguided compassion.* *Suicidal Empathy is your wake-up call. Stop ignoring your survival instincts in the name of political correctness. This isn't just misguided policy; it is the ultimate expression of a culture actively choosing its own demise.*"