Nitramy
The Umbrella that Smites Evil
Huh? Did something happen I am not aware of?
It's a reference to a certain hoop and plaid wearing charlatan.
Huh? Did something happen I am not aware of?
Am I the only one who hates Hitler because he basically gave away a Victim Card(tm) with unlimited withdrawals, and a bonus Mutual Collective Guilt Fund to boot?
Am I the only one who hates Hitler because he basically gave away a Victim Card(tm) with unlimited withdrawals, and a bonus Mutual Collective Guilt Fund to boot?
Am I the only one who hates Hitler because he basically gave away a Victim Card(tm) with unlimited withdrawals, and a bonus Mutual Collective Guilt Fund to boot?
Um people have been hating on Jews for the better part of 2,000 years. And people in this world still have irrational hatred of Jews. So their is a reason criticism is not even remotely tolerated. Historical treatment of them had been that bad.Serious question here:
At what point do we draw the line between legitimate criticism and outright hate when it comes to Jewish people and ideology?
Because thanks to WW2, the pendulum has swung so far in one direction that you can't criticize policy and ideology before people drop in with the related memes.
Yes, I know this sounds like prime edgelord material, but hear me out on this one. Because IMO any ideology deserves to be criticized, especially something as bad as "chosen people ideology".
Um people have been hating on Jews for the better part of 2,000 years. And people in this world still have irrational hatred of Jews. So their is a reason criticism is not even remotely tolerated. Historical treatment of them had been that bad.
One major cause for propagandizing is that Judaism doesn't have an ursury ban, so the modern banking system's root for loans was limited exclusively to Jewish bankers. Who got assloads of money as a result, because loans pay back in excess of initial expenses.The question of why that particular people have historically attracted such animosity should not be off-limits though.
The question of why that particular people have historically attracted such animosity should not be off-limits though.
A category! Finally, a box I can put this phenomenon in!Middle man minorities always deal with that kind of crap. Its not just us who deal with that kind of drama.
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Middle man minorities always deal with that kind of crap. Its not just us who deal with that kind of drama.
A category! Finally, a box I can put this phenomenon in!
Being smarter and more industrious than the ethnic majority is often itself treated as a crime.
In the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth, absentee nobles used Jews as tax collectors. You can imagine this gave them a warm and fuzzy image among the locals. Classic Machiavellian displacement of the hatred of the oppressed.One major cause for propagandizing is that Judaism doesn't have an ursury ban, so the modern banking system's root for loans was limited exclusively to Jewish bankers. Who got assloads of money as a result, because loans pay back in excess of initial expenses.
And the less-rich asshole aristocrats really liked to be able to take out loans to do "petty" war, and took the cultural frictions from Jews self-segregating and being of a different faith as a driver to avoid having to default on debts. By way of aiming angry commoners at the bankers.
Edit: Bit of clarification, the usury thing is important to Jews embedded in Christendom, as Judaism does have an intra-faith ban on interest rates.
But this doesn't apply to the wider Christian population, so Jewish bankers couldn't screw over their own people with loans without immediate loss of all social standing, but could operate as fully for-profit banks for Christians seeking loans.
And this really took off because it's one of the few major things they could do to interact with the wider economy, with the cultural and religous issues having already resulted in a number of bans on occupations.
This formed a feedback loop of oppression as the only position of power they were allowed was the exceptionally hated status of moneylenders, forbidden utterly to Christians from... Exactly the same verses the Jews have and outgroup exception reading for, to my limited knowledge of the theology.
In the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth, absentee nobles used Jews as tax collectors. You can imagine this gave them a warm and fuzzy image among the locals. Classic Machiavellian displacement of the hatred of the oppressed.
When Ukraine revolted against the Poles, the first thing they did was kill the tax collectors. Hence the line in Borat about throwing the Jew down the well to save my country. Also the start of the still-going Cossack-Jew feud.
I have heard from more than one source that well-related murder was a utilized method of dealing with ethnic enemies in the western steppe. I suppose they retrieved them later or filled the well in.And then later on the people who drink water from that well start to get sick?
And then later on the people who drink water from that well start to get sick?
We're talking about a society that had public bathing banned because they thought the water contamination would reduce public health, and didn't question where the contamination came from. And less openly, because the people making the call were prudish assholes who wanted to ban prostitution.We are not talking about smart people scotty.