My Answer: Maybe not.
But I am not going to spell out my reasoning here. Some of the things I say on the matter will in many people's view stray into political incorrectness. But if after that warning you want to read on, you will find the article on DISSECTING LEFTISM.
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Maybe they will or maybe they won't [as the post in "Dissecting" indicated].
ReplyDeleteJews are the basis for all Western religious tradition... not a failure that I can see.
Jews are spread throughout the world and have risen to positions of power and influence disproportionate to their numbers.
Jews have been among the greatest of scientists and business leaders... again disproportionate to their numbers.
The logic that says that volume equates with success would say that the democratic/republic form of government and the free market system are resounding failures.
Perhaps you assessment of their survival chances are correct. 4,000 years is a long time for any culture to prosper... especially one built on exclusivity. Still, I suspect that Jews will be around and successful long after my German Lutheran heritage has become a dim memory... as it has become to me.
The Bible tells us Moses argued with God and won.
ReplyDeleteJews often joke that if you put two Jews in a room, you will get three opinions.
I admire Jews for their balls in being willing to argue with God, and I admire them for their unrelenting dialectic and intelligence, in actually being able to win that argument.
That being said, along with unrelenting dialectical thinking comes the idea of understanding the other side of the argument. In fact, one must drop all fear of the other side of the argument, and become willing to make the argument himself.
This is, in my opinion, the step at which Jews often go wrong. In making the argument for the other side (which is, after all, part of the Thesis/antithesis/Synthesis process) Jews forget that dialectical analysis requires a process of emotional distancing.
I agree with you that Jews do seem to identify with their enemies more than with their friends. In my opinion, it is a natural outgrowth of this process of dialectic.
No one is perfect. No culture is perfect. However, that is a big flaw to have. It is not an evil flaw. Instead, it appears to be a flaw of compassion. However, it leads to tolerance of evil and, ultimately, sometimes it leads to the victory of evil.
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ReplyDeletesuch as occurs with U.S. foreign policy???
Ron Paul may have put his finger on issue of foreign [i.e., compassionate] involvement.
But if you want to blame the Jews for being compassionate, maybe you have to do the same for Christians... which may be why the Muslims will prevail after all.