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Empathy Erosion Threatens Democracy and Climate Action
4/16/2025
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Story summary
- Historian Susan Lanzoni warns that the growing disdain for empathy is dehumanizing individuals and jeopardizing multicultural democracy. This troubling trend, driven by right-wing ideologies, not only condones violence and discrimination but also hampers urgent action against climate change, worsened by the toxic influence of online culture and rampant misinformation.
