Thanks Larry. Kunstler tries to blame “liberal” “Democrat” Jews in that article, but unfortunately the problem is deeper and more widespread than that. During the critical period leading up to the 1965 Immigration Act that transformed the demographic reality of America, for example, per Kevin MacDonald,
Thanks Larry. Kunstler tries to blame “liberal” “Democrat” Jews in that article, but unfortunately the problem is deeper and more widespread than that. During the critical period leading up to the 1965 Immigration Act that transformed the demographic reality of America, for example, per Kevin MacDonald,
“Anti-restrictionist attitudes were held by the vast majority of the organized Jewish community—‘the entire body of religious opinion and lay opinion within the Jewish group, religiously speaking, from the extreme right and extreme left,’ in the words of Judge Simon Rifkind who testified in Congress representing a long list of national and local Jewish groups in 1948. Cofnas advocates the ‘default hypothesis’ that because of their intellectual prowess, Jews have always been highly overrepresented on both sides of various issues. This was certainly not true in the case of immigration during the critical period up to 1965 when the national origins provisions of the 1924 and 1952 laws were overturned—and long thereafter. I have never found any Jewish organization or prominent Jews leading the forces favoring the 1924 and 1952 laws—or those opposed to the 1965 law at the time it was enacted. Joyce (2021) shows the continuing powerful role of Jews in pro-immigration activism in the contemporary U.S., and, as noted above, there is substantial Jewish consensus on immigration into the present.”
Neo, I think you are missing Kunstler's general point which answers your historically-learned objections -- from my reading, he's basically just recommending that his fellow Jews quit all their perpetual meddling (on all sides of any issue) in the lives of their fellows and just go about seriously and attentively living an everyday human life like most everyday humans do. Heaven knows an ordinary life has more than enough problems and duties to carefully attend to -- why court trouble from the outside and inside by constantly striving for artificial special distinction?
Hi Larry, I guess my problem with the article is that it assumes that prior era actions were tied to fairness and egalitarianism ("tikkun olam"), while I see it as cynical power acquisition tactics against majority society. In other words, the diagnosis is different even if the recommendation is similar: His argument is that tikkun elam egalitarianism is no longer working, therefore Jews should give up on it and assimilate, vs. the argument here is: Jewish bolshevik power acquisition tactics worked (use the bottom parts of society as a cudgel against majority society), but now they are undermining the very foundation of their success, therefore Jews should give up on it and assimilate. I can see why you recommend it though given similar conclusions.
Yeah, but who knows what really lies in the hearts of men and women? I will admit most 'intellectuals' and other ostensible 'do-gooders' seem chronically confused and very anxious. If they could just calm down and gather their wits about them, as Kunstler seems to advocate, it would probably be much better for them and all the rest of us. The phrase "problem child" comes to mind when thinking of such agitated and anxious peoples.
I’ve never given it any thought, but my initial reaction is that naturally Jews (& Gypsies too) are people who’ve thrived (or at least survived) as a tiny cultural minority with one foot outside the ‘system,’ but it’s their special niche-foot inside the ‘system’ that distinguishes them from the rest of us mainstream workin’ stiffs, plus distinguishes them from all other kinds of cultural non-conformists. Gypsies fly below the radar; Jews fly above it.
I came here to Japan to fly above it.
I adopted the Jew (or Gypsy) mentality in 2014, when I decided to escape America’s ‘sinking ship’ by moving my wife & 5 young children to my wife’s native Tokyo metro, where we thrive now above the national median wealth & income levels as owners of a small family business (no employees).
But I’m totally anti-immigration (to Japan & to the West & to all developed modern industrial democracies) precisely because immigration to Japan would someday ruin this functional socioeconomic system; the USA is no longer functional but dysfunctional, same as all of the West 😡 Diversity is weakness, not strength.
So, I get the Jewish self-preservation argument.
But as the sociopathic Ruling Class Jews readily sell out the Working Class Jews (e.g. Israel’s c19 vax campaign), same as the non-Jewish members of the sociopathic Ruling Class readily sell out us non-Jewish Working Class, I don’t see how it’s helpful to focus on the apparent coincidence of Jewish overrepresentation in Western banking & government. Could you clarify this point for me? I earnestly desire to understand why we cannot dismiss it as an insignificant coincidence? Looking forward to your response 👍🙂
Hi Gerald, thanks for the question. Unfortunately it looks to me that many of the most virulent proponents of the destruction of the west are Jewish, much as we saw in Russia (see Solzhenitsyn’s 200 Years Together). For example, Alejandro Mayorkas has let in 20 million illegals in the past four years alone. Most of the top official pushing the untested, experimental, dangerous mRNA vaccine were Jewish. Victoria Nuland, an extremely bloodthirsty fiend causing endless neoconservative mischief, is Jewish. Many of the top media figures pushing globohomo narrative sludge, the government officials at the heart of the anti-Trump conspiracy such as Andrew Weissman and Norm Eisen, the insane current Attorney General Merrick Garland, etc. The list goes on and on and on. One can look at this as a strange (repeating) coincidence, or one can look at it, see a pattern and try to put the pictures together for why this is.
Especially because our society has a red line against people identifying it or discussing it: “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."
Striving for distinction, all of these people have put themselves in the thick of things -- statistically speaking, it's therefore no surprise at all that they keep showing up near the top of the cultural stew for good or for ill. For further explanation of the phrase, "striving for distinction" , see my next comment below.
Thanks Larry. Kunstler tries to blame “liberal” “Democrat” Jews in that article, but unfortunately the problem is deeper and more widespread than that. During the critical period leading up to the 1965 Immigration Act that transformed the demographic reality of America, for example, per Kevin MacDonald,
“Anti-restrictionist attitudes were held by the vast majority of the organized Jewish community—‘the entire body of religious opinion and lay opinion within the Jewish group, religiously speaking, from the extreme right and extreme left,’ in the words of Judge Simon Rifkind who testified in Congress representing a long list of national and local Jewish groups in 1948. Cofnas advocates the ‘default hypothesis’ that because of their intellectual prowess, Jews have always been highly overrepresented on both sides of various issues. This was certainly not true in the case of immigration during the critical period up to 1965 when the national origins provisions of the 1924 and 1952 laws were overturned—and long thereafter. I have never found any Jewish organization or prominent Jews leading the forces favoring the 1924 and 1952 laws—or those opposed to the 1965 law at the time it was enacted. Joyce (2021) shows the continuing powerful role of Jews in pro-immigration activism in the contemporary U.S., and, as noted above, there is substantial Jewish consensus on immigration into the present.”
Neo, I think you are missing Kunstler's general point which answers your historically-learned objections -- from my reading, he's basically just recommending that his fellow Jews quit all their perpetual meddling (on all sides of any issue) in the lives of their fellows and just go about seriously and attentively living an everyday human life like most everyday humans do. Heaven knows an ordinary life has more than enough problems and duties to carefully attend to -- why court trouble from the outside and inside by constantly striving for artificial special distinction?
Hi Larry, I guess my problem with the article is that it assumes that prior era actions were tied to fairness and egalitarianism ("tikkun olam"), while I see it as cynical power acquisition tactics against majority society. In other words, the diagnosis is different even if the recommendation is similar: His argument is that tikkun elam egalitarianism is no longer working, therefore Jews should give up on it and assimilate, vs. the argument here is: Jewish bolshevik power acquisition tactics worked (use the bottom parts of society as a cudgel against majority society), but now they are undermining the very foundation of their success, therefore Jews should give up on it and assimilate. I can see why you recommend it though given similar conclusions.
Yeah, but who knows what really lies in the hearts of men and women? I will admit most 'intellectuals' and other ostensible 'do-gooders' seem chronically confused and very anxious. If they could just calm down and gather their wits about them, as Kunstler seems to advocate, it would probably be much better for them and all the rest of us. The phrase "problem child" comes to mind when thinking of such agitated and anxious peoples.
I’ve never given it any thought, but my initial reaction is that naturally Jews (& Gypsies too) are people who’ve thrived (or at least survived) as a tiny cultural minority with one foot outside the ‘system,’ but it’s their special niche-foot inside the ‘system’ that distinguishes them from the rest of us mainstream workin’ stiffs, plus distinguishes them from all other kinds of cultural non-conformists. Gypsies fly below the radar; Jews fly above it.
I came here to Japan to fly above it.
I adopted the Jew (or Gypsy) mentality in 2014, when I decided to escape America’s ‘sinking ship’ by moving my wife & 5 young children to my wife’s native Tokyo metro, where we thrive now above the national median wealth & income levels as owners of a small family business (no employees).
But I’m totally anti-immigration (to Japan & to the West & to all developed modern industrial democracies) precisely because immigration to Japan would someday ruin this functional socioeconomic system; the USA is no longer functional but dysfunctional, same as all of the West 😡 Diversity is weakness, not strength.
So, I get the Jewish self-preservation argument.
But as the sociopathic Ruling Class Jews readily sell out the Working Class Jews (e.g. Israel’s c19 vax campaign), same as the non-Jewish members of the sociopathic Ruling Class readily sell out us non-Jewish Working Class, I don’t see how it’s helpful to focus on the apparent coincidence of Jewish overrepresentation in Western banking & government. Could you clarify this point for me? I earnestly desire to understand why we cannot dismiss it as an insignificant coincidence? Looking forward to your response 👍🙂
Hi Gerald, thanks for the question. Unfortunately it looks to me that many of the most virulent proponents of the destruction of the west are Jewish, much as we saw in Russia (see Solzhenitsyn’s 200 Years Together). For example, Alejandro Mayorkas has let in 20 million illegals in the past four years alone. Most of the top official pushing the untested, experimental, dangerous mRNA vaccine were Jewish. Victoria Nuland, an extremely bloodthirsty fiend causing endless neoconservative mischief, is Jewish. Many of the top media figures pushing globohomo narrative sludge, the government officials at the heart of the anti-Trump conspiracy such as Andrew Weissman and Norm Eisen, the insane current Attorney General Merrick Garland, etc. The list goes on and on and on. One can look at this as a strange (repeating) coincidence, or one can look at it, see a pattern and try to put the pictures together for why this is.
Especially because our society has a red line against people identifying it or discussing it: “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."
Striving for distinction, all of these people have put themselves in the thick of things -- statistically speaking, it's therefore no surprise at all that they keep showing up near the top of the cultural stew for good or for ill. For further explanation of the phrase, "striving for distinction" , see my next comment below.