Dear Mr. Musk,

You recently claimed that “empathy [is] a parasitic plague.”

I disagree. Civilizations have existed and thrived in large part due to the guidance and prescriptions of empathy by major spiritual leaders throughout history.

Additionally, execution was not the common form of punishment in the past (except for “criminals” like Jesus during the Roman Empire), contrary to popular belief.

I oppose capital punishment for two reasons:

1. Many of my friends in South Africa would have faced execution after Apartheid.

2. Many members of the current World oligarchy could undergo the same fate as in the French Revolution with the guillotine.

I am against violence in all forms, as you know.

Sincerely,

Jorge Majfud, nov. 2025

Murderers, where there is unequivocal evidence of guilt, should be hanged, as has been the case throughout history https://t.co/9RmojjNh0C

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 23, 2025

Ideology and Intervention: A Critical Review of Jorge Majfud’s The Wild Frontier