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[–]justjoggin 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I hear you. Have you seen this little clip of Douglass Rushkoff? He was named one of the “world's ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yazng1sN6dc

[–]SeasideLimbs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

That's certainly anger-inducing, arrogant and I can't dispute that it fits the idea of a jewish conspiracy well. I wanna comment on this video in two ways: First, I think that with one notable exception, while anger-inducing, this kind of talk can be heard from adherents of any religion. There are plenty of caucasian christians who will tell you that christians are dangerous to others because everyone knows they're right, they are the ones who have the ultimate truth on their side, etc. So while I think what this guy is saying is insane, I think it's more a case of a religious nutjob than of someone accidentally exposing a jewish conspiracy.

Like I said, there's one exception. He mentions that "we don't believe in the boundaries of nation-state." I would have a couple of comments on this. First, that I agree this is unique to them, or at least a statement that I can't imagine being said by a christian. So there's something to this. Second, if I had to guess, I would guess it could be linked to the fact that unlike christians, jews have a history of not having one proper home and as such, it wouldn't be surprising to me if they had a view on nation-states that differs from that of christians. I can see someone who does believe in a jewish conspiracy taking it a different way (seeing it as them admitting to their plans) but I would think it might be better explained through their specific history. Then again - and I'll argue against myself here for a second - would it really matter? This certainly shows that an anti-nation sentiment is at least somewhat common among jewish people, which would certainly provide motive if there was a jewish conspiracy for why they would want to destabilize other countries. Which brings me to my last comment, which is... how fucking retarded do you have to be to cling to that sentiment as part of an ethnicity that has one of the most clear-cut and obvious ethnostates in the world? You want to "smash things that aren't true" and "don't believe in the boundaries of nation-state[s]"? Then smash your own country first. What a loser.

[–]justjoggin 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Did I lose you :-(

[–]SeasideLimbs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Not at all, why?

[–]justjoggin 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Oh. Figured you’d be responding to my last comment. Perhaps you overlooked it. @hadza adds an interesting nugget as well.

https://saidit.net/s/debatealtright/comments/5tq9/can_someone_please_explain_this_to_me_why_is_the/mqnu

[–]SeasideLimbs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh, sorry, that comment! I saw it but forgot to respond. I honestly gotta agree pretty much. Especially the part about how it doesn't really matter whether it's some kind of conspiracy or whether it's what basically amounts of a lot of individuals who share a common culture. Either way, that's a significant amount of people with destructive tendencies.