Chapter VIII Bolshevism

CHAPTER VIII

Bolshevism

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The revolution in Russia will be the historical point of departure whence will date the renewed hostility to the Jew in Western Europe.

Examination of that revolution—it was (as said in Chapter III) "a Jewish movement, but not a movement of the Jewish race:" importance of this distinction—unfortunately the two different terms "Jewish race" and "a Jewish movement" are confused in the popular mind.

The Revolution not the result of an accident or of a universal plot—element of racial revenge—the Jew not a revolutionary—special character of the Russian situation—Industrial Capitalism, the great evil of our time, there recent and weak—therefore open to special attack—an international evil—the only two international forces applicable were the Jews and the Catholic Church—why the Catholic Church cannot directly attack industrial Capitalism—why the Jew who happens to be opposed to it can and does directly attack it—neither our instinct for property nor our Nationalism an obstacle in his case.

Grave perils to the Jew arise from his identification with Bolshevism—the more reason to meet these perils by a sane treatment of the Jewish problem.

Jews and the erosion of Christmas

I was planning a post of my own on this subject, but Blackpilled posted a video that covered it pretty well, so I'm going to link to him and add a few thoughts of my own. With that said, I present: Rudolph the Jewish Reindeer.

Now for a few of my own thoughts: First off, this is another case where, in order for there to be conflict and discontent, there doesn't need to be any backroom conspiracy with Grabbler hand-wringing. (Look up some recent Owen Benjamin, if you don't get the name.) There doesn't even need to be a hint of malice. All you have to have is a few people in the right position who kind-of-almost-but-not-quite fit in and who want to take part.

I don't think any of these were written in the spirit of, "Heh heh heh! We'll show those filthy goyim! We're going to destroy one of their most sacred holy days and turn it into meaningless secular garbage!" I think most of them were outsiders who wanted to contribute and take part. I think most of them probably genuinely liked their goyim neighbors and wanted to contribute to the feelings of the season.

And yet . . . and yet . . . if you turn on a random radio station or walk into a store anywhere in the U.S. in December, you'll hear lots of "generic winter holiday" music, but very little Christmas music. The funny and frustrating part is that there are huge swathes of the country, like where I currently live, that almost never see snow, so "White Christmas" or "Jingle Bells" are that much more meaningless to us. And of course there are all of the (((Hollywood))) "Christmas" movies. And to a genuine Christian, this gets grating very quickly.

Christmas means something. That's why some people disagree with it. "Generic winter holiday" means nothing, and that's why everybody gets to play along. And that's why it's boring and stupid and bland.

And in yet another case of an "anti-semite" being the person who says about Jews what they say about themselves, but doesn't like it, you can find Jews talking about this phenomenon quite a bit.

https://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/the_jews_who_wrote_christmas_songs_2009/

https://hillelontario.org/blog/10-christmas-songs-written-jews/

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2014/11/30/why_so_many_christmas_songs_were_written_by_jews.html

Two last things, a belated merry Christmas to all, and a Hannakuh sameach to Yehuda. And, why the heck not, a little filk of my own from several years back:

I'm dreaming of a white supremacist
just like the ones I used to know
where his shaved head glistens
[Two lines that only exist in my head because I have never spoken them to anyone].

I'm dreaming of a white supremacist
with every triple K I write.
May your days be merry and bright,
and may all your ancestors be white!

Chapter VII The Anti-Semite

CHAPTER VII

The Anti-Semite

145

Error of neglecting to study Anti-Semitism on account of its extravagance—it is a most significant thing, however ill-balanced—character of the Anti-Semite—he does not recognize a Jewish problem to be solved but only a Jewish race to be hated—this hatred his whole motive—his self-contradictions—his delusion—his strength—the press still on the whole boycotts the Anti-Semitic movement—but it is growing prodigiously—its great power of documentation—its vast accumulation of evidence—effect this will have when it comes out.

The Jews met Anti-Semitism by nothing but ridicule—this weapon insufficient and bound to fail—their enemies have countered it by accumulating facts—the latter a much stronger weapon so long as the erroneous Jewish policy of secrecy is maintained.

Danger to the Jews of the Anti-Semitic movement—(1) because of its intensity—(2) because of its formidable accumulation of evidence, which cannot be permanently suppressed—(3) and most important, because it is allied to a now widespread and more moderate, but very hostile, feeling, to which it acts as spear-head.

A new rule going forward

After witnessing the pathetic display on Shea's blog, I must implement a new ground rule here. If I have to ban anyone in the future, no one else may reply to that person's comments after the ban. That is fundamentally unfair. Any such comments will be deleted, and the commenter will be warned. Repeated violations will result in a ban for yourself.

I don't anticipate this being a problem, but such behavior is childish and disgusting and I don't want to be associated with it in the slightest.

Chapter VI The Cause of Friction upon Our Side

CHAPTER VI
The Cause of Friction upon our Side     123

This department of our inquiry often neglected through an error—it is presumed that, because we are the hosts and the Jew alien to us, no responsibility falls on us—this error forgets that the Jew is permanently with us and that every permanent human relation involves responsibility.

The first cause of friction on our side is disingenuousness in our dealings with the Jew—examples of this—we conceal from the Jew our real feelings—we deceive him—the richer classes who intermarry with Jews and enter into business partnership with them especially to blame—the populace more straightforward—this deceiving of the Jew leaves him troubled when the quarrel comes to a head—he has not heard what is said behind his back.

Disingenuousness in our suppression of the Jewish problem in history—gross examples of it in contemporary life and particularly in the popular press—Jews called "Russians," "Germans," anything but what they are.

Unintelligence a second cause of friction—example: our treatment of Jewish immigration—we hate it, yet allow it because we dare not give it its right name—unintelligent treatment of the Jew in fiction—unintelligence in our astonishment at his international position—example of the cabinet minister's cousin who got into trouble.

Last cause, lack of charity—people won't put themselves in the shoes of the Jew and see how things look from his side—we do not (as we should) mix with Jews of every class and address their societies—Summary—A warning against the idea that the friction between the Jews and ourselves is unimportant—it has bred catastrophe in the past and may in the future.

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And now that we're back on our regular schedule, next week we will pick up with Chapter VII The Anti-Semite. I was thinking, since he's such an expert on the topic, maybe we should invite Lawrence Bond back for that chapter. What do you think?

“I’m afraid I’ve been thinking.”

LeFou, I’m afraid I’ve been thinking

A dangerous pastime.

I know.

If you are an American and do not wish to be furious almost all of the time, do not, I repeat, do not start looking up who is and is not Jewish. As they say, the first one's free. It's addictive and it will very quickly start making you very, very angry.

https://www.jweekly.com/2019/12/06/three-of-the-impeachment-witness-lawyers-were-jewish-and-it-matters/

So, here we have 1 Jew interviewing three other Jews about how they can overturn an election by the American people. The only non-Jew in this scenario was the one telling them this is a bad idea and sets a dangerous precedent.

http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2019-11-13.html

Why am I linking that story? Because I read that and wondered, "What kind of parent is proud of her child being a murderous political radical?" So I looked up some information about Kathy Boudin. Oh . . . she's (((Kathy Boudin))). And the same applies to Bernadine Dohrn, also a hard-left radical of the sixties, and, for that matter, also granted a cushy tenured academic position in the hell-scape of our ivy-league universities.

Name a prominent left-wing activist in America over the past 50 years and it's basically a coin-flip if they're Jewish. At this rate, I'm going to be growing a toothbrush mustache before next New Year's.

Introductory chapter to the 1937 edition

Belloc did not provide us with a summary, so I guess it's up to me this time. (How thoughtless of him.)

Preface to the 1937 edition

This chapter covers the political and cultural changes affecting the Jewish question between the original publication in 1922 and this reprint in 1937. Specifically, Belloc discusses the Spanish Civil War, the Nazi policies regarding the Jews, and the beginnings of what we know today as the state of Israel.

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We will resume our normal reading next week with chapter six. Also, if you haven't seen it yet, you could take a moment and consider my previous post.

I'd appreciate your support

I have a link at the top to my SubscribeStar page. I thought, however, I would mention this in a full blog post.

I currently run this discussion group and my YouTube and BitChute channels. I did not start any of this to get rich, and so far, I am wildly successful at not getting rich. However, if you like the work I do, I could definitely use some support.

I currently have 3 monthly subscribers there, and SubscribeStar has a rule that you must have at least 5 subscribers in order to withdraw money. I don't know why they have this rule, but it's their house and their rules.

I recently added a $1 a month and a $5 a month option. So if you'd like to help me out, you could sign on for just $1 a month. In addition to that dollar, that would also give me the ability withdraw the money already contributed.

Obviously, none of you are under any obligation here, but I'd appreciate the help.

That's here at SubscribeStar

God be with you.

(Yehuda, I am not sure if they accept Shekels. You'll have to ask them.)

Chapter V The Special Causes of Friction

CHAPTER V

The Special Causes of Friction

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I have called "Special" causes of Friction those which are remedial at will by either party—they would seem to be, on the Jewish side, the habit of secrecy and the habit of expressing a sense of superiority—on our side a disingenuousness and unintelligence in our treatment of Jews and a lack of charity.

The deplorable Jewish habit of secrecy—the use of false names—examples—excuses for same not adequate—a regular code of such names which deceive us but can be decoded by fellow Jews.

The expression of superiority by the Jew—our statesmanship has never sufficiently allowed for it—examples of this expression—Jewish interference in our religion—or national quarrels—and other departments which are alien to Jewish interests—on the other hand this quality has been a preservation of the race—the Jew should note the corresponding sense of superiority on our side—even the poor hack-writer, if he be of European blood, feels himself superior to the Jewish millionaire.

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For next week, we will be discussing the preface to the 1937 edition, which, frankly, is a chapter of its own.

As always, very interested to hear your thoughts.

Updating our reading schedule

Since I had already posted that we'd be continuing with Chapter V this Saturday, I intend to carry on with that. But since Yehuda helpfully pointed out an online edition with the 1937 preface, I thought it would be appropriate to rewind a bit and cover that preface the following week. In case you were unaware, Belloc's book was originally published in 1922, and had a few reprintings. In the 1937 edition, he added a preface that referred to the contemporary treatment of Jews in Germany and how his various predictions turned out.

So, again, this Saturday, we'll be continuing with Chapter V: The Special Causes of Friction. The following Saturday, we'll cover the preface.

Now all of you (except Yehuda), go back to being good goyim. 

Chapter IV The General Causes of Friction

CHAPTER IV
The General Causes of Friction    69

The strain between Jewry and its hosts in Islam and Christendom much older than any modern cause can account for—the true causes are both general and particular—I call those general which are ineradicable and proceed from the contrasting natures of the two races, particular those which depend upon the will on either side and can be modified to the advantage of both.

The general cause of friction being a contrast in fundamental character, we note that the common accusations brought against Jews are false, as are the common praises given him by those not of the race.—In each case what has to be noted is not a series of virtues or vices special to the Jew, but the racial character or tone of each quality.

These examined—the Jewish courage—examples—the Jewish generosity—the strength of Jewish patriotism—the consequent indifference to our national feelings—accusations arising therefrom, especially in time of war—the Jewish power of concentration—of eloquence—the Jewish tendency to "push" a Jewish success and hide a Jewish failure or danger—the evil effects of this tendency in our mutual relations.

The poverty of the Jewish people—false effect produced by a few great Jewish fortunes—the instability of these—cringing of wealthy Europeans to Jewish money-dealers—dependence of our politicians on wealthy Jews—evil effect of this in the attempt to regulate domestic affairs of Eastern Europe.

The ill effect of the partially Jewish financial monopoly—especially with Parliamentary corruption as pronounced as it is to-day.

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Again, the discussion thread for Chapter V will be up next Saturday morning. So what do you think of this chapter?

Seeking clarity of language

As has already been noted in discussion here, in the English language, there is a frustrating ambiguity to the term "Jewish". This ambiguity has been exploited by dishonest people to deny the existence of Jewish in-group preference, which habit produces further anger among those disadvantaged by this in-group preference.

Now, I am not the master of the English language, so I cannot enforce any kind of decision, but we could decide among ourselves a set of terms we'll agree on to discuss this topic and to have maximum possible clarity of the issue.

As I see it, there are three relevant questions as to Jewishness:

• First, there is the religion of Judaism.
• Second, there is the Jewish culture.
• Third, there is the biological race of Jews. (As I understand it, it might be more accurate to say races, as there are several distinct sub-groups.)

Now, depending what person you're talking about, any or all of the three may apply. As far as I can tell, if someone practices the religion, they will also be inculcated in the culture. However, there is a distinct culture which is still shared among those who are not religious. Frankly, as far as I can tell, these days, the cultural, but-not-religious Jew is the one causing the most trouble. I am happy to take correction on that point, however.

From what I understand (again, this is without detailed study, happy to learn better), Ashkenazi Jews, which is whom we in the West largely deal with, are, in fact, a sub-set of Europeans. They have roughly European intelligence (nope, no 115 average). Thus, the biological aspect is of the least interest to me, personally.

So any given person could be a religious, cultural, and biological Jew, a cultural and biological Jew, a religious and cultural Jew, or a biological Jew with no connection to the religion or culture. I suspect the religion does not exist without the cultural factors.

Does this sound like an accurate assessment of the relevant questions? If so, what terms should we use to distinguish these? (Reminder: No racial slurs, please. That is one of the ground rules.)

Noel Ignatiev, anti-white filth, is now dead. The Catholic Church forbids what I would like to say further.

Noel Ignatiev (yep, Jewish) recently died after a lifetime working to destroy white people and incite anti-white hatred. I hope he died painfully.

A short explanation of Ignatiev's work.

Chapter III The Present Phase of the Problem

CHAPTER III
The Present Phase of the Problem     43

    The Jewish problem, present throughout history, has assumed a particular character to-day—it is the character of a sharp reaction against the old pretence that Jews were identical with the nations in which they happened to live—it first took the form of irritation only—it was suddenly exasperated in a very high degree by the Jewish revolution in Russia—but long before this the increasing power of Jews in public life, the anti-Semitic writing on the Continent, the Dreyfus agitation, the South African War, and the Jewish leadership of Socialism had prepared the way—The situation on the outbreak of the Great War—Bolshevism—a short description to be expanded in a later chapter—Bolshevism is a Jewish movement, but not a movement of the Jewish race as a whole—its particular effect was to release criticism of Jewish power which had hitherto been silent from fear of, or sympathy with, Capitalism.

    Men hesitated to attack the Jews as financiers because the stability of society and of their own fortunes was bound up with finance—but when a body of Jews also appeared as the active enemies of existing society and of private fortune, the restraint was removed—since the Bolshevist movement open (and hostile) discussion of the Jewish problem has become universal.

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As usual, the discussion thread for chapter IV will be up next Saturday morning. I look forward to hearing from all of you.

Let us celebrate this great man's birth

Not entirely on topic (although not entirely off topic either):

Today is the birthday of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. We should celebrate this great man's birth and pray that God will send us another in his mold.

Tailgunner Joe, we salute you.

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Reminder: Discussion thread for chapter 3 opens this Saturday. Hope to see you there.

Chapter II The Denial of the Problem

CHAPTER II

The Denial of the Problem 17

In the immediate past the problem was shirked in Western Europe by a mere denial of its existence—some were honestly ignorant of the existence of a Jewish nation—some thought the difference one of religion only—more admitted the existence of a separate nation but thought a convenient fiction, that it did not exist, necessary to the modern state.

This ignorance or fiction has broken down in our own time—partly through the necessary reaction of truth against any falsehood—partly through the increasing numbers of the Jews in Western countries—more through the great increase of their power.

Yet, though this old "Liberal" fiction about the Jews is dead, having proved unworkable in the face of fact, it had something to be said for it—it secured peace for a while—it chose models from the past—and it was based on a certain truth, to wit, that the Jew takes on very rapidly the superficial characters of the nation in which he happens for the time to be living—moreover it was desired by the Jews themselves—example of the old Jewish Peer and his claim "to be let alone"—practical proof of the failure in his case.

At any rate the old "Liberal" fiction is now quite useless—the problem is admitted and must be solved.

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Please post your quotes, comments, questions and disagreements. Again, the discussion post for chapter III will be posted here next Saturday morning.

God be with you.

I was just reviewing the analytics from this blog

We've got 11 pageviews from Israel. (((They're))) watching.

😉

Discussion for chapter two opens Saturday morning.

Discussion thread for preface & chapter one

Chapter 1

The Thesis of this Book

The Jews are an alien body within the society they inhabit—hence irritation and friction—a problem is presented by the strains thus set up—the solution of that problem is urgently necessary.

An alien body in any organism is disposed of in one of two ways: elimination and segregation.

Elimination may be by destruction, by excretion or by absorption—in the case of the Jews the first is abominable and, further, has failed—the second means exile: it has also failed—the third, absorption, the most probable and most moral, has failed throughout the past, though having everything in its favour.

There remains segregation, which may be of two forms: hostile to, or careless of, the alien body, or friendly to it and careful of its good—in this latter form it may best be called Recognition. The first kind of segregation has often been attempted in history—it has been partially successful over long periods—but has always left behind it a sense of injustice and has not really solved the problem—also it has always failed in the end.

The true solution is in the second kind of segregation, that is, recognition on both sides of a separate Jewish nationality.

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As I said, I wish to promote discussion here, not just blog my own thoughts, so while I intend to contribute, I'm going to wait until a couple of other people comment first, then post my own thoughts.

Thanks for joining us. God be with you.

Update: I assumed this would be obvious, but realized I should probably make it explicit: Next Saturday I will post the discussion thread for chapter two. If you haven't read it, do so and think of what you'd like to say relevant to the topic.

Let's hit the ground running.

I think we have enough people interested in the project. If others want to come on board later, all very well. Let's get going. I'll give everyone a week to read through chapter one and get their thoughts together. Next Saturday, I'll post the summary for chapter one with an invitation for everyone to chip in their thoughts, questions, disagreements, etc. As I don't want to dominate this conversation, I'll probably wait until one or two others have commented before I do the same.

Thank you all for joining me, and I hope we all learn something here.

A general plan and the ground rules

So the initial purpose for this group is to read through and discuss Hilaire Belloc's book The Jews. To give everyone plenty of time and allow for detailed discussion, I thought we could do one chapter a week. You can find the book as a free download on Project Gutenberg. If you'd prefer a paper copy, it is also available on Amazon. (That link is the edition I am reading.)

Since Belloc has helpfully provided a series of chapter summaries in the table of contents, I thought that would do as a post to introduce each chapter.

Now comes the less fun part. Regrettably, merely by discussing this topic, we are putting ourselves under scrutiny and suspicion. Therefore, I must lay down some ground rules:

• No racial slurs against any group whatsoever. Obviously, this includes the subject of the book, but it applies to all groups (even white people).
• No advocacy of violence. If you are cheering for some kind of violent action, you will be banned.
• This is not intended to be a general discussion about the misdeeds (real or imagined) of the group in question. Each chapter has a topic; discussion should be relevant to that topic, not merely a series of screeds about how terrible they are.
• This is my house. While I would prefer open and honest discussion, I reserve the right to kick anyone out of my house for any reason whatsoever. I don't anticipate doing so, but I am willing to ban troublemakers so the rest of us can have a real conversation.

If all of this sounds acceptable to you, we'd love to have you on board. Once I spread the word and see how many we can get on board, we'll plan for when we're starting.

God be with you.

If you are interested in taking part, please comment letting me know so and how soon you think you could start. I need to get some feedback here.

What we're doing here

Although we're still in planning stages, this is intended to be the home of an online book discussion group. I recently started reading Hilaire Belloc's The Jews. Originally published in 1922 in England, it sounds eerily similar to my own experiences a century later in America. I would like to discuss this book and our current political situation. I hope that you will join me, that we will have a good discussion, and that everyone can learn something.

God be with you.