9. As always, it think it's best to see racism & anti-Semitism as public ideologies rather than personal vices.
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10. George Wallace, for example, turned his racism on and off as was politically expedient. It wasn't personal, but matter of politics.
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11. In Trump's case, important to understand that anti-Semitism is structurally necessary for the type of right-wing populism he's selling.
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12. Rightwing populism is, to borrow a phrase, "the socialism of fools."
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13. The socialism of fools is the socialism of those who want scapegoat some capitalists for problems but keep overall capitalist system.
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14. In imaginary of right-wing populism, there are good nationalist businessmen (Trump) & bad internationalist businessmen (((guess who)))
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14. Further the wealthy, conspiratorial international Jew is necessary because racists see other groups as inferior.
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15. The racist imagination sees Blacks & Mexicans as inferior, so they can't be the evil masterminds. Has to be another group.
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16. Any anti-racist critique of Trump should connect comments about Mexicans & blacks to larger system that includes anti-Semticism
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17. Again: anti-Semitism of this sort isn't accidental or a quirk, but integral part of a worldview. It does real ideological service.
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18. One problem with socialism of fools is it displaces real socialism. There is a real critique to be made banks, billionaires & the Fed
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!9. But to conflate billionaires with Soros, the Fed with Yellen & bankers with Blankfein poisons possibility of real critique.
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This is the same logic that smears criticism of Israeli occupation as anti-Semitic. Or neoconservatism. Impermeable.
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