
Hannah Arendt’s ”The Origins of Totalitarianism” (Part 2/6)
Theory & Philosophy
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The Difference Between Wealth and Capitalism
At the time, just because people were rich did not mean they had any actual affiliation with the way that money was being accumulated. Many of these jewish peoplee had the wealth from previously. So it looked then, from the outside, that, oh, they were playing both sides. They were both wanting wealth that enow would only really be extracted through human labor and on the other hand, they were fighting for socialism. But there is a difference here. And when people were pointing the finger at the bourgeois and capitalists and associating jewish wealth with that, they were making a connection that wasn't there.
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