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Jewish Landlords, Rothschilds, and the Alt-Right's Divided Loyalty Argument
from The Long Island Way · #45
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4 minTim unpacks stereotypes about Jewish success with money, the historical origin of Jewish moneylending under Catholic Church usury laws, and lays out (without fully endorsing) the alt-right argument about Jewish 'divided loyalty' to Israel.
- 41:41Tim states he's neither a Jewish landlord nor Black or Latino, yet lives in a society that forces him to have an opinion on the topic.
- 42:15Jewish people are smarter than you with money—get over it and win another way.
- 42:36Irish people aren't good with money and will spend any cash that hits their pocket immediately.
- 43:34The Rothschilds controlled the financial system, not the average Jewish person—they happen to be Jewish but didn't enrich most Jews.
- 44:33The stereotype of Jews as money changers originated in medieval history when the Catholic Church prohibited Christians from charging interest.
- 44:50Alt-right ideology claims Jewish people have divided loyalty between Israel and America, making them inherently globalist and a threat to American interests.
- 45:25Tim acknowledges the average Jewish person probably cares more about other Jews than the rest of the country, but every ethnic and religious group does the same.
IsraelThe RothschildsAl SharptonJesse Jackson