Jewish or Israeli Exceptionalism and Excellence in the Modern World

Submitted by Robert (United States), Oct 27, 2022 at 03:33

This is an transcription of excellent set of observation made on Antisemitism - way back in 2005. I;m rather surprised it has not yet been updated,

I would like to add a bit to it.

I theorize that there are two types of (social) hatreds in the wold. (1) The more common one finds it easy to claim that the "other" is an inferior to you, and that you belong to a superior race. This we observed in the United States during the Slavery Era which ended in 1863 (with Lincoln;s Emancipation Proclamation), and continued for another century until the 1960's successful Civil Right Movement. (2) The other kind is much older but changes overtime and by 1930's in the Third Reich under Hitler's Nazi Regime. In this case, the Jew outperforms the German "Aryan Race," is unconsciously perceived as "Superior" but is alleged to be "Inferior." The explicit conception of this kind of Jew does not emerge in Western Europe but in Eastern Asiatic Europe of the Russian Empire and is published in Russian in 1903 as a Series of Article in a relative obscure Tsarist newspaper, the Title of which is more or less the "Protocols of the Wise Man of Zion." This text is later published throughout the world, but beginning in 1919-1920, in translations into the other world languages. This text accuses Jews of every possible evil by which Jews are supposed to take over the world. It spreads out of Russia in consequence of the 1917 Russian (Red) Revolution in the hand of the fleeing White Russians.

By the time of the defeat of Hitler in Europe in 1945 and the rise of Israel as successful Sovereign state these protocols spread to all the Muslim states surrounding Israel.

Instead of admiring Israel for its technological, economic, and political achievements these (24) Protocols emerge as an explanation of why Arabs or Muslims fail in produced something other than a failed or failing or Third World State. In brief, Jews and Israelis succeed because they are thieves and cheats and have stolen, colonized, Palestinian land, and live in an Apartheid state. In fact, the opposite is true: the Jews in fact are Culturally Superior. The have successfully transformed themselves through Emancipation (from non-subjects of the state) and the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment).

It is unfortunate that we can speak of excellence and superior performance in the arts and sciences, but we cannot speak of excellence in Civilization and Culture - because of the history of 19th Century European Pseudo-scientific Racism. In simple terms, this kind of hatred is rooted in unconscious deep feeling of inferiority in relation to the success of Jews or Israelis in every field of human development - except perhaps in politics or Realpolitik.

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