A couple of older Jews have chided me for not being more reverent about the Holocaust. But at least they can talk to me. I'm 53, and as I often say, younger Jews are not on the wagon. (Word choice; sorry). As I pointed out the other day, some Jews are using anti-semitic shtik. Here's the latest, a survey in New Voices magazine, a young Jews' mag, about how much of "Black October" (the name for the financial crisis) can be blamed on the Jews. Funny ha ha or funny like fish gets funny? You tell me:
Lehman Brothers was founded by three Bavarian Jews in 1850. Half of the
CEOs of Godman Sachs since 1992 have been Jewish. Precisely what
percentage of the responsibility for the collapse of the financial
system rests on the Jews?…. How will Jews benefit most from the New Great Depression?…
In July of 2007, two Bear Stearns hedge funds collapsed, helping to
create the conditions for the current crisis. Throughout the week in
which the collapses took place, Stearns CEO James Cayne was at a bridge
tournament in Tennessee. What kind of Jew plays bridge?…
CEOs of Godman Sachs since 1992 have been Jewish. Precisely what
percentage of the responsibility for the collapse of the financial
system rests on the Jews?…. How will Jews benefit most from the New Great Depression?…
In July of 2007, two Bear Stearns hedge funds collapsed, helping to
create the conditions for the current crisis. Throughout the week in
which the collapses took place, Stearns CEO James Cayne was at a bridge
tournament in Tennessee. What kind of Jew plays bridge?…
The multiple choice answers are also edgy. Hegel explained this a long time ago. History repeats itself. The first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. (Not that I read Hegel, Peter Kaplan always used to quote it. Smart guy.)
The process of generalization IS racism.
Racism is a geometric progression. It spreads by multiplying not by adding. So, like algae in a pond that 5 iterations from annihilation is barely measurable, racism is similarly.
While the ADL measuring current anti-semitism is probably exagerated, that an "intellectual" journal would not distinguish between individuals' responsibility, mass responsibility (including lenders, financers, and borrowers), and "Jews" responsibility, is an example of poor analysis.
Connect no dots, add nothing up, no repetitive patterns have any meaning, suggest no probabilties–all is coincidence. How many instances of cell mutation within an aggregate of cells spells cancer?
Racism is the cancer.
What ism is not?
The process of generalization IS racism.
Therefore, the above statement is racist.
Hegel explained this a long time ago. History repeats itself. The first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.
Hegel only is the author of half of the idea, the second half–1 time tragedy; 2 time farce–is Marx. Maybe Peter Kaplan does not want to be discovered citing Marx? Or he takes care not to mention whom he is citing? Or your memory does not serve you well?
Karl Marx, THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE OF LOUIS BONAPARTE
Hegel says somewhere that that great historic facts and personages recur twice. He forgot to add: Once as tragedy, and again as farce.
I deleted the quotation marks, since Marx does not use them. And strictly Marx does not cite Hegel.
Marx: Hegel says somewhere that that great historic facts and personages recur twice. He forgot to add: Once as tragedy, and again as farce.
LeaNder: I deleted the quotation marks in the English translation, since Marx does not use them. And strictly Marx does not cite Hegel, so they do not make any sense.
Marx got it wrong. It's the other way round:
History repeats itself once as a farce.
The second time it's a tragedy.
Tragedy always follows farce.
Look at Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
Clinton's affair was a farce. Followed by Bush's tragedy.
Hegel went beyond this in his dialectics. He was never merely Vico.
Afterthought: It's doubtful Hegel is the: Hegel only is the author of the first half.
I don't think the basic models of history like, wave and more importantly circle are Hegel's invention. They are much earlier.