If you’re particularly masochistic, and like subjecting yourself to the X feeds of the worst people in the world, you may have noticed a particular phrase gaining traction recently — ‘suicidal empathy’. According to Saad and his disciples, ‘suicidal empathy’ is a manifestation of this in humans. Perhaps the leading adopter of the notion of ‘suicidal empathy’ is billionaire Nazi Elon Musk. Suicidal empathy — same shite, different nameThis current template is simply the latest chapter in the right’s attempt at controlling how we perceive empathy, the extent to which we should believe in it at all, and who should be its recipients. Assorted ghouls inform us that those being gunned down to protect their neighbours from being dragged off to gulags are exhibiting suicidal empathy.