Antisemitism is the socialism of fools

"Antisemitism is the socialism of fools" (German: "Der Antisemitismus ist der Sozialismus der dummen Kerle") is a statement opposing the idea that Jewish wealth and power is the source of social injustice.^[1] According to British historian Richard Evans, it was probably coined by Austrian democrat Ferdinand Kronawetter, but is commonly attributed to the German social democrat August Bebel and sometimes to Karl Marx.^[2] The phrase was in wide circulation among German social democrats by the 1890s.^[3]

Leo Strauss argued that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin deliberately imported Nazi ideas about the Jews, considering that "socialism of fools" was a good thing because fools are common.^[4]

References[]

^ Wuliger, Michael (1 July 2013). "SPD der dummen Kerls". Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ Friedman, Max Paul (2012). Rethinking Anti-Americanism: The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations. Cambridge University Press. p. 264. ISBN 9780521683425.
^ Evans, Richard J. (2005). The Coming of the Third Reich. Penguin. p. 496. ISBN 9781101042670.
^ Smith, Steven B. (2007). Reading Leo Strauss: Politics, Philosophy, Judaism. University of Chicago Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780226763897.

Further reading[]

Battini, Michele; Mazhar, Noor; Vergnano, Isabella (2016). Socialism of Fools: Capitalism and Modern Anti-Semitism. Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/batt17038.
Lipset, Seymour Martin (1969). "The Socialism of Fools": The Left, the Jews & Israel. Anti-Defamation League.
Lerner, Michael (1992). The Socialism of Fools: Anti-Semitism on the Left. Tikkun Books. ISBN 9780935933055.
Brustein, William I.; Roberts, Louisa (2015). The Socialism of Fools?: Leftist Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316368176.
Jürgens, Peer (2013). Antisemitismus: Sozialismus des dummen Kerls? Sozialdemokratie und Antisemitismus im Deutschen Kaiserreich (in German). Diplomica Verlag. ISBN 9783842868953.

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[1] Wuliger, Michael (1 July 2013). "SPD der dummen Kerls". Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[2] Friedman, Max Paul (2012). Rethinking Anti-Americanism: The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations. Cambridge University Press. p. 264. ISBN 9780521683425.

[3] Evans, Richard J. (2005). The Coming of the Third Reich. Penguin. p. 496. ISBN 9781101042670.

[4] Smith, Steven B. (2007). Reading Leo Strauss: Politics, Philosophy, Judaism. University of Chicago Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780226763897.

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