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It might be some fascist myth (and if so, I am sorry for spreading it, please educate me!) but wasn't one of the reasons for Jewism being condemned by many plac

• eli_gottlieb 12y ago
  Jews were exploited by Christian rulers as financiers, in two ways: * Jews were allowed to loan money to non-Jews, whom the Jewish legal system originally counted as "foreigners". (Please remember that these laws were written in a much more tribalistic and xenophobic age.) * Laws were passed keeping Jews out of professions other than peddling and moneylending, thus ensuring a steady supply of Jewish lenders. * If the ruling class didn't want to pay back a Jewish lender, they could just call him a Christ-killer, turn a mob against him, and run him out of town.
  • digitalengineer 12y ago
    Not just Jews. Friday the 13th comes to mind...