In a very real sense modern American politics simply cannot be understood without an understanding of the role of the Jews. And yet, for much of modern American history, discussion of that topic has been placed under what almost amounts to a taboo. For a Gentile to raise the topic of Jewish influence, and especially the overwhelming hold over both major parties that is exercised by Jewish donors, has been something like a third rail in American politics, inviting the charge of anti-Semitism—a sure path to vilification and marginalization in American society, as John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt (authors of
Just started reading War and the Jew by V. Jabotinsky when I ran across a note/quote from An American in the Making, by Marcus Eli Ravage, that synced with Jabotinsky's opening complaints about the need of Jews for their own sovereignty.
Ravage's book is short & worth an hour or so: he writes about his life in Romania; how a Jew who said he had "made it" in USA seduced many to migrate; how hard it turned out to be; and, Ravage wrote: <i>"But renouncing your priceless inherited identity and blending your individual soul with the soul of an alien people is quite another affair. It is this staggering experience of the spirit--this slipping of the ancient ground from under the immigrant's feet, this commingling of souls toward a new birth, that I have in mind when I speak of becoming an American. To be born in one world and grow to manhood there, to be thrust then into the midst of another with all one's racial heritage, with one's likes and dislikes, aspirations and prejudices, and to be abandoned to the task of adjusting within one's own being the clash of opposed systems of culture, tradition, and social convention -- if that is not heroic tragedy, I should like to be told what is."</i>
Jews are not alone in this feeling of "ancient ground slipping from under his feet," but Ravage elsewhere expresses the strong belief that the New culture fails in not being eager to adapt itself to the culture of the immigrant. THAT is "antisemitic."
Interesting to note that it's actual Zionist Jews who are organizing some of these protests or are the ones shouting Kill the Jews at these rallies. Our country is so off it's nut and can't see a con when it spits in your eye.
Just started reading War and the Jew by V. Jabotinsky when I ran across a note/quote from An American in the Making, by Marcus Eli Ravage, that synced with Jabotinsky's opening complaints about the need of Jews for their own sovereignty.
Ravage's book is short & worth an hour or so: he writes about his life in Romania; how a Jew who said he had "made it" in USA seduced many to migrate; how hard it turned out to be; and, Ravage wrote: <i>"But renouncing your priceless inherited identity and blending your individual soul with the soul of an alien people is quite another affair. It is this staggering experience of the spirit--this slipping of the ancient ground from under the immigrant's feet, this commingling of souls toward a new birth, that I have in mind when I speak of becoming an American. To be born in one world and grow to manhood there, to be thrust then into the midst of another with all one's racial heritage, with one's likes and dislikes, aspirations and prejudices, and to be abandoned to the task of adjusting within one's own being the clash of opposed systems of culture, tradition, and social convention -- if that is not heroic tragedy, I should like to be told what is."</i>
Jews are not alone in this feeling of "ancient ground slipping from under his feet," but Ravage elsewhere expresses the strong belief that the New culture fails in not being eager to adapt itself to the culture of the immigrant. THAT is "antisemitic."
America gonif.
The lack of comments shows how taboo this topic is.
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Interesting to note that it's actual Zionist Jews who are organizing some of these protests or are the ones shouting Kill the Jews at these rallies. Our country is so off it's nut and can't see a con when it spits in your eye.
Thank you for the thought provoking article.
"Anti-intellectual wokeism" combined with ignorance, lack of practical skills and social media appears to be tearing apart our society at the moment.
I used to be proud of my alma mater, now I have no desire to mention.