Jason Y writes:
Probably the “Jew thing” is really about “money”. Rich people or upper middle class people, tend to be snobby, arrogant, all those things I mentioned. Given human nature, most people hate them, due to those factors. The rich dismiss it as jealousy, but often the rich bring it on themselves.
It is very much about money. A lot of people are very envious and jealous and Jews and there is this idea that them having all that money is simply not fair. From a Left standpoint, they are correct. The problem is that antisemites cannot reckon with the idea that maybe Jews got all that money just by being people who are absolutely driven by money, status and power from Day One, and this is what got them where they are.
Antisemites look at Jewish success and say, “No way did they get all this fairly. They had to have cheated, lied and stole and that’s how they made it to the top.” So they are disliked not only for being too successful but for the idea that they must have gotten there unethically. I figure Jews probably made most of their cash as fair and square as anyone else in this corrupt society. 21st Century American Gentiles aren’t exactly paragons of morality either.
A lot of Jews are definitely extremely materialistic and very much into money. They seriously look down on anyone who does not have much money. Other Jews are horrifically greedy, money-grubbing tools. However, there are definitely many millions of Gentiles who are ultra-materialistic and horrifically greedy money-grubbing douchebags too. I suppose it boils down to percentage. Probably a higher % of Jews are like than Gentiles, but trust me, the number of Gentiles with that “Jewy” mindset that so many hate so much runs into the many tens of millions.
I would also like to point out that there are poor Jews. I know Jews who can’t even afford their own apartment, who are using social programs like Medicaid and food stamps, who live in hotels day to day, buy their food at food banks and who can’t afford to fix their cars or buy car insurance. If you hate all Jews for being rich, do you hate the poor ones too? What for?
It is really just human nature to be a greedy, money-grubbing little twit, but nevertheless, your average person finds this behavior somewhat seedy if not disgusting and tries to distance themselves from it. Your average Joe is not what I would call “totally into money.” I have met both Jews and Gentiles who woke up in the morning and lived, breathed, ate, drank and even shit and pissed money all day long. Some of the worst offenders were definitely Gentiles.
Sure, most of us are into money. I can’t even pay my bills every month, so I assure you that I am into money myself. I wake up every morning thinking, “How am I going to get some money today,” and spend a good part of the day trying to figure out how to get some.
A lot of the most money-obsessed people are quite poor. They really have no incomes so they spend sunup to sundown trying to figure out how to work up some money doing this, that or the other. But I would never begrudge any human for trying to survive. Sure most of us like money, but there is a point at which you are such a money-grubbing little prick that to me you are a pretty disgusting human being. Just my values.
I often tell people, “I don’t really like people who are ‘totally into money’ to where that is what their whole existence is all about.” This is true. I have run a number of these folks out of my life. I am not saying they are bad people. They are what they are. Their morals and values are between them and their pastors or them and God. On the other hand, I have pretty much had it with these folks, and I don’t particularly care to be around them anymore. They annoy me and they are somewhat disgusting and repellent.