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This is an anti-semitic rewriting of history. The first Politburo was: Lenin (his mother's father was jewish. Judaism is transmitted maternally, so neither of
by matt4077 8y ago
This is an anti-semitic rewriting of history.
The first Politburo was:
Lenin (his mother's father was jewish. Judaism is transmitted maternally, so neither of Lenin's parents were jewish, and neither was he)
Trotsky: jewish
Stalin: Not jewish. Launched Anti-semitic campaign around '50
Lev Kamelev: Jewish father, orthodox mother -> not jewish (see above)
Nikolay Krestinsky Not jewish
So that's 1/5, or 20%, and you're an anti-semitic troll with no interest in the facts.
You are also ignoring the part where the only Jew in the Politbro was executed rather early, while a member with absolutely no connection to Judaism, namely Stalin, appears to have had a rather, let’s say, “outsized” influence on the later failings of the system you want to nstrumentalize in your anti-Semitic insinuations.
Not to mention that this summation of individual sins and good deeds in an effort to paint their associated groups is the very definition of prejudice. In fact, I now realize I should probably never have bought into that premise?
(also: If you start arguing Lenin's judaism based on his heredity, I will invariably have to violate Godwin's law)
- patrickg_zill 8y agohttps://www.timesofisrael.com/putin-first-soviet-government-was-mostly-jewish/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/putin-first-soviet-government-... I consider Putin's comments at the opening of the Jewish Museum in Moscow as a valid source... Hard to believe that he would be making a very inaccurate statement at such a time or place. You owe me an apology.
- pmoriarty 8y ago"Judaism is transmitted maternally, so neither of Lenin's parents were jewish, and neither was he" Wait, Judaism is transmitted? Like a disease?
- matt4077 8y agoSorry, non-native speaker. What’s better? “Inherited”? Edit: “passed down” is most common, but “transmitted” isn’t totally unheard of. Transmission also touches many concepts other than diseases, such as messages, traditions, DNA, Torrents, or torque. In this light, your interpretations seems somewhat bad-faithy and I retract that “sorry”.