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Liah Greenfeld explores antisemitism through the lens of civilizational conflict, arguing that Jew hatred has persisted due to its deep-rooted association with the development of national identity and competition between civilizations.

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This video discusses the phenomenon of antisemitism in the context of comparative civilizations and psychological dynamics. It explores the growth of antisemitism in the Western world over the past year, contrasting this with other civilizations, specifically the Cynic and Indic civilizations, which exhibit less awareness or concern regarding Jews.

The author argues that antisemitism stems from a psychological inferiority complex among Christians and Muslims related to the theological idea that God has chosen the Jewish people as His own, leading to envy and a sense of competition. This video envy manifests as a complex of feelings that view Jews as superior, influencing the perception of identity and religious significance among non-Jewish believers.

This video also posits that antisemitism is institutionalized in monotheistic civilizations through repeated tropes—narratives and language patterns that shape subconscious attitudes and emotional responses toward Jews. It suggests that antisemitism is the most entrenched form of prejudice within these societies, impacting political conflict and group violence historically.

The author stresses the necessity of understanding the psychological roots of antisemitism—namely, existential envy and feelings of inferiority—to effectively combat it. By revealing the reasons behind antisemitism and promoting awareness of its roots, the aim is to hopefully foster a cultural shift towards reducing antisemitic sentiments and actions in contemporary society.

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Here are five key points derived from the video:

1. **Antisemitism as a Historical and Psychological Construct**: The video discusses antisemitism as a deeply rooted institution within monotheistic civilizations, particularly Christianity and Islam, which stems from a complex interplay of existential envy and feelings of inferiority among their adherents regarding Jews.

2. **Relation Between Monotheism and Identity**: It emphasizes that the identities of Christians and Muslims are inextricably linked to their relationship with Judaism and the Jewish God. Their beliefs and identities are defined, in part, by their separation from Jews, creating a psychological dependency that fosters competition and envy.

3. **The Role of Elites in Institutionalizing Antisemitism**: The video suggests that a small, theologically literate elite within these religions has perpetuated hatred and stereotypes against Jews due to their own feelings of envy and inferiority. These elites utilize "tropes" — established narratives and beliefs — to reinforce antisemitism in broader society.

4. **Absence of Antisemitism in Non-Monotheistic Civilizations**: The author argues that antisemitism does not exist in non-monotheistic cultures such as those derived from cynic and Indic traditions, highlighting the unique connection between monotheism and antisemitism due to the appropriation of the concept of one God.

5. **Understanding and Addressing Antisemitism**: The video calls for a systematic analysis of the roots of antisemitism, suggesting that revealing its origins and mechanisms can foster greater awareness and combat it effectively. It advocates for the need to educate both antisemites and non-antisemites about these underlying feelings of inferiority and envy to create a more compassionate civilization.

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Here are some key quotes extracted from the video you :

1. **On the Nature of Antisemitism**:
- "Antisemitism is the oldest, most entrenched institution that is established way of thinking and acting in our civilization."
- "Antisemitism is a product of poor monism."

2. **On Religious Identity**:
- "The identity of the poorer by definition and is not self-Sufficient."
- "The psychological problem in which Christianity and Islam find themselves as a necessary result of the acceptance of Jewish monotheism is dramatically magnified by... their envy of the Jews."

3. **On Historical Convideo and Violence**:
- "Throughout the last 2000 years, behind group violence, whether domestic or inter political... it lies behind the greatest crime against humanity."
- "Without understanding the reasons for the existence of antisemitism, we obviously cannot hope to combat it."

4. **On Existential Envy**:
- "The admiration of the Jews as the model gave way to... the envy of the Jews' existential significance."
- "This transforms the temporary sense of inferiority into... a self-destabilizing complex psychopathology."

5. **On Cultural Tropes**:
- "Tropes are likely to rely on the systems and mechanisms of implicit long-term consolidated memory."
- "The longer an attitude is transmitted through tropes, the deeper it becomes embedded... in our subconscious."

6. **On Comparative Civilizations**:
- "In distinction... there are no native antisemitic traditions in non-monotheistic civilizations."
- "The comparison with these other two civilizations prompts us to connect monotheism and antisemitism."

7. **On the Call to Action**:
- "We must reveal these reasons again and again both to the antisemites and to those who are not antisemites."
- "Understanding that antisemitism is caused by the complex of inferiority and existential envy would make... members of our civilization eager to protect our civilization from this shame."

These quotes capture the essence of the discussion around antisemitism, monotheism, identity, and the psychological aspects that contribute to these issues within the convideo of comparative civilizations.

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Context, was

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on the one hand, the, explosion

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of antisemitism around, the western world,

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in the last year, during the last year.

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And on the other, it was my current project

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on comparative civilizations,

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in which I'm comparing our civilization

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to the other two civilizations that coexist

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with us, today, the cynic

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and the Indic civilizations.

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What it is to know that you are obliged

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for God who gives meaning to your life

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and defines your identity to someone else.

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The identity of the poorer by definition

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references the lender

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and is not self-Sufficient Judaism

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is the foundation of the monotheistic civilization,

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the one God billions of Christians

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and Muslims.

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Worship is the Jewish God,

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the God of the Hebrew Bible, the creator of,

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and the central participant in the history

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of the Jewish people.

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It depicts this is explicitly recognized

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in the Christian and Muslim Holy scriptures.

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The attention of Christians

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and Muslims is of necessity fixed on Jews.

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The identity as Christians

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and as Muslims is not self-sufficient.

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of their separation from Jews

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on explaining why they Christians

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and Muslims believers as they are in the Jewish God

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are not Jews themselves.

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The psychological problem in which Christianity

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and Islam find themselves as a necessary result

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of the acceptance of Jewish monoism

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is dramatically magnified by, to them

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undeniable God's choice of the Jews

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as his own people far ahead and above them.

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They know that in the eyes of God,

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they are inferior to

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The Jews.

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the parable of Cane and Abel.

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they forever envy the Jews.

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This preference, indeed it is a sibling

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rivalry of swords on a very large scale,

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a few child and

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therefore endless competition for the love

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of the supremely important parent once and for all.

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Given to the eldest child.

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The very fact of boring good implies

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that the Jews relationship with God is enviable.

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That the Jews are envied for having this relationship

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and that they're freely chosen as a model,

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an object of admiration, deserving

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of imitation originally.

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to themselves and themselves naturally inferior

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to the Jews and the need of becoming like them.

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soon become equal to, if not better, than the Jews,

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as more sincere dedicated believers in Jewish good

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that is as better Jews,

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and B, that they will be admired by Jews

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of the in, in erasable superiority

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of their model and insupportable

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humiliating suspicion of their own permanent inferiority

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under the emotional distress.

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gave way to a much less benign sentiment

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of envy, existential envy.

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That is the envy of the Jews existential significance,

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which by comparison deprives the borrower's very

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existence of value.

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inferiority into the self destabilizing

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complex psychopathology.

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experiences personally experienced originally

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personally the existential envy of the Jews

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and suffered from the complex of inferiority

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necessarily related to it.

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of Christians and Muslims,

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but this elite expressed

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the hatred produced by the envy

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and inferiority in holy

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scriptures and in preach.

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the most important instrument

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of institutionalization tropes.

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acquired with language as fully formed habits

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of thought with corresponding emotional attitudes.

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but implicit like the knowledge

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of words in the mother tongue,

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and this one does not give any thought

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to common words while using them.

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to a trope which is deployed

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on the neurological level.

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of the member of a culture

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in its original etymological sense

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of a beaten path

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and established neural pathway

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troops reduce complex symbolic messages

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to signs which require no interpretation,

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both their significance and reactions to them.

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and response become automatic,

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discouraging, explicit thinking tropes are likely to rely

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consolidated memory.

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than other linguistic devices

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deeply embedded

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and not consciously thought about ways of thinking

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and therefore acting they carry on

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social institutions.

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or that, for example, in the USA, we often speak

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of, institutionalized racism.

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which define our subconscious that it's not

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explicit attitudes.

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Attitudes. We would, in many cases explicitly deny

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if asked point blank whether we subscribe to them.

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within our monotheistic civilization.

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Antisemitism is the deepest

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the strongest institution.

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Most of my article actually

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focuses on the development of fani tropes

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in Christianity and in Islam.

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thinking people who are personally

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affected by existential envy.

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personally the complex of inferiority.

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by the boring of God, by the

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appropriation of the Jewish God,

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antisemitism would not exist.

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in non monotheistic civilizations.

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histories, the civilizations that is the scenic

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and the Indic around India manifest

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remarkably little awareness of Jews.

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Together our monistic civilization.

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and post Muslim hubs in distinction is

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absolutely fixated on the Jews

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for reasons that we already discussed.

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of indigenous antisemitism

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and widespread interest in Jews in cynic

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and ending civilizations compared

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to their ubiquity across the many societies

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and historical periods in the monistic civilization.

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That the comparison with these other two civilizations

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existing now in the world prompts us

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to connect monoism

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and antisemitism making possible.

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Finally, and for the first time in history,

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a systematic analysis

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and explanation of antisemitism.

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and implications of this research.

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Antisemitism is the oldest, most entrenched

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institution that is established way of thinking

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and acting in our civilization.

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it has been the most common motive

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behind group violence, whether domestic

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and that between politics, it lies

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behind the greatest crime against humanity

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in history just within the last century,

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which means within living memory,

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it caused a world war

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Without understanding the reasons for the existence

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of antisemitism, we obviously

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have not been able to fight it effectively.

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we have a chance to do so.

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And how do we do this?

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We must reveal these reasons again

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and again both to the antisemites

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and to the latter, both in our own civilization

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we must drum it into the brains of humanity.

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That is make it a trope that

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behind antisemitism like the complex

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of inferiority

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and existential envy, that

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in other words, antisemitism is the attitude

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of people who know themselves

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to be inferior

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and envious, which means

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of objectively inferior and envious people.

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and change themselves.

Exploring Antisemitism and Comparative Civilizations

00:00:00 - Context, was on the one hand, the, explosion of antisemitism around, the western world, in the last year, during the last year. And on the other, it was my current project on comparative civilizations,

00:00:35 - to the other two civilizations that coexist with us, today, the cynic and the Indic civilizations. What it is to know that you are obliged for God who gives meaning to your life and defines your identity to someone else. The identity of the poorer by definition

00:01:07 - and is not self-Sufficient Judaism is the foundation of the monotheistic civilization, the one God billions of Christians and Muslims. Worship is the Jewish God, the God of the Hebrew Bible, the creator of, and the central participant in the history

Religious Identity and Jewish Centrality

00:01:38 - It depicts this is explicitly recognized in the Christian and Muslim Holy scriptures. The attention of Christians and Muslims is of necessity fixed on Jews. The identity as Christians and as Muslims is not self-sufficient. It depends on the justification of their separation from Jews

00:02:12 - and Muslims believers as they are in the Jewish God are not Jews themselves. The psychological problem in which Christianity and Islam find themselves as a necessary result of the acceptance of Jewish monoism is dramatically magnified by, to them

00:02:45 - as his own people far ahead and above them. They know that in the eyes of God, they are inferior to The Jews. Goes obvious preference for every place, the parable of Cane and Abel. For Christians and Muslims,

Sibling Rivalry: Envy and the Quest for Supremacy

00:03:16 - This preference, indeed it is a sibling rivalry of swords on a very large scale, a few child and therefore endless competition for the love of the supremely important parent once and for all. Given to the eldest child. The very fact of boring good implies

00:03:48 - That the Jews are envied for having this relationship and that they're freely chosen as a model, an object of admiration, deserving of imitation originally. Therefore, the borrowers believed the Jews to be superior to themselves and themselves naturally inferior to the Jews and the need of becoming like them.

00:04:23 - soon become equal to, if not better, than the Jews, as more sincere dedicated believers in Jewish good that is as better Jews, and B, that they will be admired by Jews for their efforts on behalf of Jewish good. This optimistic anticipation is not fulfilled. Jews never thought much of the borrower's efforts.

Envy, Inferiority, and the Jewish Model

00:04:59 - of the in, in erasable superiority of their model and insupportable humiliating suspicion of their own permanent inferiority under the emotional distress. The initial admiration of the Jews as the model gave way to a much less benign sentiment

00:05:31 - That is the envy of the Jews existential significance, which by comparison deprives the borrower's very existence of value. And this transforms the temporary sense of inferiority into the self destabilizing complex psychopathology. Only this small theologically literate elite

00:06:07 - personally the existential envy of the Jews and suffered from the complex of inferiority necessarily related to it. This was not the problem affecting the majority of Christians and Muslims, but this elite expressed the hatred produced by the envy

The Power and Influence of Tropes in Cultural Narratives

00:06:38 - scriptures and in preach. And while doing so created tropes, the most important instrument of institutionalization tropes. A constantly repeated narrative conventions acquired with language as fully formed habits

00:07:12 - The knowledge of a trope is certain, but implicit like the knowledge of words in the mother tongue, and this one does not give any thought to common words while using them. So one doesn't give any self-conscious thought to a trope which is deployed

00:07:40 - Therefore, a trope exists in the brain of the member of a culture in its original etymological sense of a beaten path and established neural pathway troops reduce complex symbolic messages to signs which require no interpretation,

The Psychology of Tropes: Implicit Attitudes and Social Conditioning

00:08:14 - That is both the stimulus and response become automatic, discouraging, explicit thinking tropes are likely to rely on the systems and mechanisms of implicit long-term consolidated memory. Neurologically, they are embedded deeper in the brain

00:08:46 - deeply embedded and not consciously thought about ways of thinking and therefore acting they carry on social institutions. Whenever we speak of systemic or institutionalized this or that, for example, in the USA, we often speak

00:09:18 - We do in fact speak of tropes which define our subconscious that it's not explicit attitudes. Attitudes. We would, in many cases explicitly deny if asked point blank whether we subscribe to them. The longer an attitude is transmitted through tropes,

Antisemitism: Roots of Inferiority and Envy

00:09:49 - within our monotheistic civilization. Antisemitism is the deepest embedded, the oldest, the strongest institution. Most of my article actually focuses on the development of fani tropes

00:10:21 - They're developed by those elite thinking people who are personally affected by existential envy. They experience existential envy and they experience personally the complex of inferiority. Antisemitism is a product of poor monism.

00:10:55 - by the boring of God, by the appropriation of the Jewish God, antisemitism would not exist. Therefore, there are no native antisemitic traditions in non monotheistic civilizations. In fact, throughout the very long

Exploring Antisemitism in Monistic vs. Cynic and Indic Civilizations

00:11:29 - based on China and the Indic around India manifest remarkably little awareness of Jews. Together our monistic civilization. In both its Christian and post-Christian and its Muslim and post Muslim hubs in distinction is

00:12:04 - for reasons that we already discussed. It is because of this very absence of indigenous antisemitism and widespread interest in Jews in cynic and ending civilizations compared to their ubiquity across the many societies

00:12:36 - That the comparison with these other two civilizations existing now in the world prompts us to connect monoism and antisemitism making possible. Finally, and for the first time in history, a systematic analysis

Understanding Antisemitism: Roots and Global Implications

00:13:05 - Here we should probably focus on the practical conclusions and implications of this research. Antisemitism is the oldest, most entrenched institution that is established way of thinking and acting in our civilization. Throughout the last 2000 years,

00:13:41 - behind group violence, whether domestic or inter political. That is the most common cause of political conflict, both domestic and that between politics, it lies behind the greatest crime against humanity

00:14:14 - which means within living memory, it caused a world war and it is quite likely to cause another world war right now. Without understanding the reasons for the existence of antisemitism, we obviously

Unveiling Antisemitism: Understanding Inferiority and Envy

00:14:45 - Now that we understand these reasons, we have a chance to do so. And how do we do this? We must reveal these reasons again and again both to the antisemites and to those who are not antisemites

00:15:18 - and in the Chinese and Indian ones, we must drum it into the brains of humanity. That is make it a trope that behind antisemitism like the complex of inferiority and existential envy, that

00:15:48 - of people who know themselves to be inferior and envious, which means of objectively inferior and envious people. No doubt. Members of the other civilizations which are now competing with ours

Confronting Antisemitism: Understanding Inferiority and Envy

00:16:21 - but which have usually, been inclined to look up to ours, would be very interested to know that a very large segment of the monistic population consists of inferior and envious people. This knowledge and the knowledge

00:16:55 - would surely make the non antisemites in our civilization ashamed of antisemitism, eager to protect our civilization from this shame and the contempt of other civilizations now rising and competing with us,

00:17:29 - actively turn against antisemitism in our midst. Perhaps even more important, understanding that antisemitism is caused by the complex of inferiority and Existential envy would make