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1/30/07
Famous for 15 megapixels - Money - pt3
I don't want to come anywhere close to the "blame it on the Jew" camp, but... I sometimes ask myself if this is not "The Jews control the money", but "The Jews were forced to control the money" instead.
The Crusades routinely attacked Jewish communities, and increasingly harsh laws restricted them from most economic activity and land ownership, leaving open only moneylending and a few other trades.
Wikipedia - Jews - Middle Ages
At the same time, Christians were prohibited to lend money, as far as I know. So if anybody is to be blamed, it is the Catholic Church, giving some Jews a better starting position, back in days were nobody understand the real importance of money.
So, as I see it, (some) people of Jewish faith were forced into this position. Once in this position, they did their best to stay there, as anybody else (or at least most) would with a bit of sense.
But coming back to the main problem, this is not a thing of race or religion, it is the simple urge of people to improve their situation. If you are in position X, and I want to take your position, I have to remove you from that position. You, on the other hand, want to hinder me from that. So simply to keep you position, you have to work against me.
Another thing is the natural tendency to flock together with other people who share the same interests and goals. "Oh, you are in the oil business? So am I! Wouldn't it be good to increase the oil prices a bit?" No need to have a formal secret government. "And by the way, I know somebody who runs a country who would interested in invading an oil rich nation." Just a couple of friends, doing some shady business. "And a friend of mine could help us, he's interested in sell some military goods." I think they plan this like we mortals plan a dinner party.
And there is the "once your part of the family, there is no way leaving the family". So you and I have done some shady business together, and now I ask you to do something you don't want to do. Wouldn't be so wise.
Famous for 15 megapixels - Money - pt3
The Crusades routinely attacked Jewish communities, and increasingly harsh laws restricted them from most economic activity and land ownership, leaving open only moneylending and a few other trades.
Wikipedia - Jews - Middle Ages
At the same time, Christians were prohibited to lend money, as far as I know. So if anybody is to be blamed, it is the Catholic Church, giving some Jews a better starting position, back in days were nobody understand the real importance of money.
So, as I see it, (some) people of Jewish faith were forced into this position. Once in this position, they did their best to stay there, as anybody else (or at least most) would with a bit of sense.
But coming back to the main problem, this is not a thing of race or religion, it is the simple urge of people to improve their situation. If you are in position X, and I want to take your position, I have to remove you from that position. You, on the other hand, want to hinder me from that. So simply to keep you position, you have to work against me.
Another thing is the natural tendency to flock together with other people who share the same interests and goals. "Oh, you are in the oil business? So am I! Wouldn't it be good to increase the oil prices a bit?" No need to have a formal secret government. "And by the way, I know somebody who runs a country who would interested in invading an oil rich nation." Just a couple of friends, doing some shady business. "And a friend of mine could help us, he's interested in sell some military goods." I think they plan this like we mortals plan a dinner party.
And there is the "once your part of the family, there is no way leaving the family". So you and I have done some shady business together, and now I ask you to do something you don't want to do. Wouldn't be so wise.
Famous for 15 megapixels - Money - pt3
posted by Tony # 6:30:00 AM 
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