
Hannah Arendt’s ”The Origins of Totalitarianism” (Part 4/6)
Theory & Philosophy
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Is There a Jewish Le Conspiracy?
At this time of imperialism, many jewish people were assuming the form of financiers just because of them having historically occupied these positions. So they weren't enslaving people. They weren't directly benefiting. But there was something about their lack of attachment to a nation that happened to really resonate with people who were fed up with a capitalist economy trying desperately to exploit them. And so it was very seductive to think, or the idea was very Seductive, that jewish people are somehow associated with this rootlessness and this desire to just earn quick money at the expense of others as they themselves didn't have roots.
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