Gad Saad

I argue that that culture then lacks cultural theory of mind because it is assuming that its values transcend in exactly the same way to other cultures.

Now, why is that related to suicidal empathy?

So if you take, for example, the values that we hold dear in the West—magnanimity, generosity, kindness, empathy—

They're interpreted in other societies as weakness, weakness, weakness, and weakness.

And this is why I don't remember if I mentioned this to you before on the show or not.

In Arabic, when people would speak to me, I mean, many years ago before, I mean, now they recognize me, so they're not going to be as forthright in their positions.

But 25 years ago, they would all tell me the West is a woman to be mounted, right?

Well, the reason why they're saying that— Did they all tell you that?

I mean, not all.

But it was very common?

But it was a saying that is often, you know, intimated.

Sure.

So I was born in 1964 in Lebanon.

My family were part of the last remaining minuscule community of Lebanese Jews.

Historically, there was always a small but, you know, pretty vibrant Jewish community.

Most of the Jews had left prior to the start of the Civil War, which happened in 75, I was 11, because they had already read the writing on the wall.

So most of my extended family, my aunts, my uncles, my grandparents,

had left to various places, most of them to Israel, but some of them to Montreal, Canada.

That's why we ended up going to Montreal ourselves.

But my parents had refused to leave because they were very well entrenched within Lebanese society.