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pydry commented that The Economist is "is Rothschild owned", which is partially true but quite misleading. The Rothschilds are minority owners, but other invest
by Reubend 1y ago
pydry commented that The Economist is "is Rothschild owned", which is partially true but quite misleading. The Rothschilds are minority owners, but other investors have much more control over the company than they do.
avshalom seems to have interpreted that as anti-Semitic. For what it's worth, I also interpreted the comment that way at first, but I think that it's best to assume good intent here, so in that spirit I would say that pydry probably just meant it to represent rich people rather than Jews.
- 1dom 1y agoThanks, I wasn't aware of the Jewish/antisemitic angle at all, but that's my own ignorance in that area. The "represents rich people" angle was the only interpretation I could see. Still not sure I fully understand why the conversation has gone in the Jewish/antisemite direction though, but again this is a topic I choose to remain ignorant on.
- Avshalom 1y agoWell yeah, the baffling leap from "young adults are having a hard time navigating life" to "the real problem is interest bearing loans but they won't let us talk about that" is the other clue that pydry is a nazi.
- pydry 1y agoIndeed. This was the only interpretation intended. Anti semitism, like all racism, is a scourge on humanity. The rothschilds are not representative of jews theyre a representative of rich capitalists. Some people (usually rather extreme racists who support/deny the ongoing genocide in gaza) see anti semitism everywhere, especially where it doesnt exist, however. These people's rather extreme racism has become increasingly bold and obvious in recent times and almost always comes dressed up in faux concern for anti semitism.