Volume 9, Prosperity Volume, Section 64: The Restoration of the Jewish People, Part 1
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If it were Australia and the oil-producing countries in the Middle East, those who obtained two treasures would be invincible. By 1912, the Middle East was progressing very smoothly. Although oil had not been found, the occupation of the Middle East had been completed, and several large military bases were built, with the strength to resist the army.
However, Australia is very difficult. Although the Chinese occupy 75% of Australia's population, Australia has never been able to become China's sphere of influence under the obstruction of the British. Obviously, the British would not throw away this colony casually, and launching a war to seize the British colony was too expensive. After thinking about it, Zhao Gang finally thought about using the Jews in Europe to seize Australia.
In history, Europe's anti-Semitism was mainly caused by religious, economic, political, cultural differences and the inertial effects of history, and showed repetition, periodicity, broadness, cruelty and other characteristics. After half a century of silence, from 1900, Europe's anti-Semitism has shown a trend of resurgence.
In addition to some traditional incentives, anti-financial sentiment is also a major factor, so the combination of anti-Food and anti-financial became the main feature of this anti-Semitism. Many Jews were paraded in the name of making war money and deprived of their property, while governments of various countries ignored it, which forced the Jews to find a new place to survive.
From the 8th century BC, with the struggle and invasion of the Palestinian region by the Assyrian Kingdom, the Neo-Babylonian Empire, Greece and Roman Empire, the Jews began to scatter to all parts of the world. They had the largest number of people into Europe. They suffered the most anti-Semitism here. For two thousand years, they had no country. Therefore, although they were numerous, they had been discriminated against.
The large-scale persecution of Jews in Europe began in the Greek and Roman period, which was mainly to promote Hellenistic policies and suppress Jewish boycotts and resistance. After the demise of the Roman Empire, on the one hand, the anti-Semitism and anti-Semitism thoughts formed in society by the long-term anti-Semitism and anti-Semitism thoughts formed in society did not disappear all at once. On the other hand, the anti-Semitism measures implemented by the Roman Empire were inherited by various countries in the post-Roman era.
After the Germanic tribes defeated the Roman Empire, they initially did not actively learn the excellent Greek and Roman culture, but inherited and developed Christianity, which also included the persecution of Jews known as "pagans". For example, the additional clauses against Jews stipulated in the Roman Theolsian Code that came into effect in AD 438 later became the legal basis for some people to anti-Semitic.
Since Jews have always been regarded as devils and pagans, their employment and management have also been greatly restricted. Many people can only engage in business and finance, especially the usury industry. Jews scattered all over the country quickly amassed a lot of wealth with their own intelligence and hard work, but this will become the object of jealousy and hatred of the locals.
Christianity prohibits Christians from lending and eating interest, so Jewish lending has always been regarded as a "sin activity". In fact, "this is a vicious circle to dig a grave for themselves. Behind it is Christian Europe's religious persecution and racial discrimination against the Jewish nations." The image of the Jewish usury merchant Sherlock portrayed by Shakespeare in "The Merchant of Venice" also reflects the prejudice against the Jews in the hearts of many Europeans.
On the one hand, the European rulers persecuted the Jews, and on the other hand, they used the Jews as the target of "striking" exploitation. The French rulers performed particularly funny in this regard. From AD to 1321, France expelled Jews four times. For fiscal and tax revenue, the Jews were recalled four times. In 1361, the French king John was captured by Britain, ::) ransom, allowing the Jews to return to France, and expelled them in 1394.
"Their brief settlement history of their (Jews) in Britain vividly and profoundly reflects the fate of medieval Jews: they were encouraged at first, then humiliated, persecuted, and finally expelled." After the rise of capitalism in modern Europe, the advantages of Jews in economic competition have also become a new excuse for irrational anti-Semitism. Some anti-Semitism organizations opposed the Jews through joint boycotts and excluded Jews from some industries and community organizations.
In Austria, some anti-Semitists publicly slogans in newspapers and at rallies. French anti-Semitic Edward Adolf Telemont actually proposed in the book "French Jews" that France's economic depression and social poverty are the sins of the Jews. He believed that although the Jews were only 0.25% of the French population, they held more than half of France's wealth, so they had to collect "property that the Jews had obtained illegally." The book sold 100,000 copies in the year it was published, which played a great role in the society.
Jews basically appear in the face of minorities in their residences. Their economic status highlights the uniqueness of their group, but they have never fully obtained corresponding political rights to protect their own interests, which makes them always a vulnerable group. In addition, some people in power have ulterior motives to indulge and instigate Jews, often become victims of power struggles for no reason.
In the Middle Ages, some European countries ruled their efforts to persecute the Jews in order to please the church. In modern times, in order to divert the attention of domestic social contradictions and class struggle, the rulers of European countries often took it.
As a "scapegoat". The Jews in the Tsarist regime of Russia at the end of the 19th and early 20th century helped to divert domestic dissatisfaction, which helped fuel the anti-Semitism wave at that time.
Historically, from Joseph who was the prime minister in Egypt in the Bible to Eztheis who was born after the Persian state, from the "Court Jews" in modern Europe, whenever the Jews had a certain political status, their rights could be better protected and effectively resisted anti-Semitism's attacks.
After the 4th century, Christianity gradually gained dominance in Europe after the Roman Empire was declared as the state religion. However, its status has always been questioned by Judaism. The New Testament, which is regarded as a classic by Christianity, and Christ Jesus has always been denied by Judaism. This denial is actually a question of the legitimacy of Christianity. "For thousands of years, God, Torah, and Israel have always been the content contained in Judaism, and the loyalty of the Jews to these things has become an excuse for anti-Semitism.
They make Jews regarded as outsiders. More importantly, they are regarded as a challenge to the legitimacy of non-Jewish deities. "3 is something that Christian dominates in European society. Secondly, the persecution of Christ the Jews in religious legends by Jews, and some people have ulterior motives to attach the Jews to the descendants of Judah who betrayed Jews. Whether they are true or not, under the troubles of Christian church, these religious legends have deepened Christian prejudice against Jews to a certain extent, and led to a strong sense of religious revenge. Finally, there is an opposition in religious values.
The Jews considered themselves God’s “selected people (the certain contractual relationship; although Christianity was born from Judaism, it has evolved into a universal religion, which believed that all people can be naturalized as God’s people, and Christians have the mission of saving mankind and the world. Therefore, when Christianity collides head-on with superiority, conflict is inevitable, either naturalized or become an “unforgivable” pagan.
Because of this, those fanatical crusaders put forward the slogan "kill a Jew to save your soul" during the expedition. The Christian church also tried its best to force the Jews to change their faith and even destroy them.
Due to their uniqueness in religion and values, Jews showed different from the Christian world in all aspects of social life. This difference makes them often regarded as "non-members", which leads to a profound bias. In theory, this difference does not necessarily become a real conflict. Generally speaking, there are two functions within any national culture: exclusion and inclusiveness.
Exclusion helps the continuation and stability of traditional culture. It is a culture that responds to foreign heterogeneous cultures through the protection of its own instinct. Inclusiveness is conducive to absorbing foreign cultures and adapting to social development. These two functions are not synchronous and balanced. It is closely related to the degree of confidence and openness of this culture and its social environment.
Since the European world after Greece and Rome did not have the superiority and confidence in Chinese culture, coupled with the paranoid and irrational factors brought about by Christianity after occupying the dominant position of social thought, it showed strong rejection rather than tolerance for heterogeneous Jews and culture. In this way, the differences in cultural life of the two societies with different religious beliefs became an excuse for a real conflict.
Anti-Semitism in European history not only appeared very early, but also lasted for a long time, and showed a certain periodicity. European anti-Semitism has never stopped since its emergence in ancient times. It often bursts out with an anti-Semitism wave every once in a while. This periodicity is affected by different factors in different periods.
In ancient times, it was mainly related to the degree of tolerance of religion and rulers. This is also one reason why the medieval anti-Semitism level in which religion dominates is generally much higher than other periods, while the living conditions of Jews in Southern and Southwest Europe were slightly better in Southern and Southwest Europe, where those in power are relatively tolerant.
In modern times, socio-economic conditions, the degree of democracy of the regime and the nationalist momentum have also become an important factor affecting anti-Semitism. Generally speaking, when the socio-economic conditions deteriorate, Jews are easily targeted for attack, especially in economic crises.
When some societies are relatively more democratic and nationalist, the degree of anti-Semitism will be slightly lighter. Therefore, overall, anti-Semitism in Western Europe, which had earlier bourgeois revolution, was slightly better than Eastern Europe and Russia. Of course, this is not absolute. For example, France, which had a higher degree of democratization, had explosive anti-Semitism in 1894.
Historically, discrimination against other minorities such as gypsies in European countries also existed, but none of them were as cruel as the persecution of Jews. It was not a prejudice and discrimination in the general sense, but hatred and hatred of the entire Jewish nation. It was not just an idea and concept, but an act that persecuted Jews in all areas of social life, that is, the act of persecuting Jews physically and spiritually. These acts were often protected by the law and acquiesced by the authorities.
Throughout Europe, Jews were almost without exception limited to "Gedu"
In the fence area, they are often expelled. Not only are they often beaten, plundered and attacked by anti-Semitic forces, but they also have to face the anti-Semitic Holocausts that erupt from time to time, first the massacres of "Malanne" and those who do not want to convert, the indiscriminate killing during the Crusades, and later the "Pogrum 7" incident in Tsarist Russia and Eastern Europe and Hitler's "final solution 8. In history, such cruel and long-term persecution of an innocent ethnic group may be seen only in Europe.
The areas where anti-Semitism exists, from Southern Europe to Northern Europe, from Western Europe to Eastern Europe, and no matter which country or nation, there are anti-Semitism of different degrees. The Iberian Peninsula, Germany in Central Europe, Poland in Eastern Europe, Russia and other countries later appeared in large-scale anti-Semitism activities. Secondly, the broader social class is the broader social class. European society, from politics, intellectual elites to the general public, from religious people to non-religious people, and different sects, regardless of whether there are internal differences or not, there are consistent issues on the anti-Semitism issue.
Leo Pinsk, the founder of the political Zionist theory, once made a insightful statement about this: "For the living, the Jews are dead people; for the locals, they are dissidents and wanderers; for the prodigal people, they are beggars; for the poor, they are exploiters and millionaires; for patriots. They are people without a motherland; they are competitors that all classes of society hate."9|Cultural education, etc., wherever there are Jews living, anti-Semitism will follow.
Looking at the history of Europe, most anti-Semitism activities have a strong religious color. Not only are many anti-Semitism activities used religious factors as an excuse, churches and cemeteries related to religion in previous anti-Semitism activities will also become targets of attack. Shortly after the Jews entered Europe, Christianity rose to the state religion. Since the fourth century AD, Christianity began to rely on its dominant position and even use violence to force people's refuge. Jews are naturally also the targets of forced conversion.
Jews were often forced to choose between conversion and death. In May 1096, a group of Jews came to Bishop Adbert to take refuge after hearing the news of the arrival of the Crusaders. Because they refused the request for conversion, they were ordered to be executed by the bishop and were killed in two days.
In addition to using conversion to persecute Jews, the Christian church also often fabricates or spreads rumors to persecute Jews. For example, the slander of the Jews using Christians to perform blood sacrifices, the rumors of Jews instructing others to poison them, etc. "These stories have been repeated throughout Europe for centuries and are almost always accompanied by 'miraculous' tragedy."
When the Black Death was popular in the 14th century, some people believed that it was a joint death between the Jews and the Devils. Even when the Mongols invaded Europe in 1241, some people suggested that the Mongols were "the ten missing Israelite tribes", and the Jews should be responsible for this. The religious nature of this anti-Semitism weakened after the Middle Ages, but did not disappear.
In Russia, in the 1870s, reports on blood sacrifice slander cases were still reported. +=. In the past anti-Semitic waves, things related to Judaism were important targets of attack. In 1908, the "Night of Breaking Glass" incident was burned overnight. In 1907, Romania also issued a decree that prohibited Jewish ritual slaughter and forced Jews to work on the Sabbath.
In this environment, the Jewish nation was struggling like a leaf in the wind. At this time, Theodor published the book "The State of Jew" in 1896. At that time, he came to a conclusion. In Theodor...;:
Helz proposed from the precedent when studying the Jews' status in the emerging world: "We are a nation, a nation." He wrote that the Jews had tried to integrate into the social life of the countries in which they lived, and preserve only their religion.
"But we are not allowed to do so. We are loyal patriots in vain. Our loyalty has gone to extremes in some places; we sacrifice our lives and property like other citizens, but in vain. We strive to increase the prestige of our country in science and art, or increase its wealth through trade and business, but in vain. In countries where we have lived for hundreds of years, we are still regarded with disdain as foreigners, who despise the Jews, whose ancestors have often not settled in that country, and the Jews have already had unfortunate experiences... Therefore, it is useless for us to be loyal patriots, just like the Huguenots who were forced to move to another country. How good would it be to let us live in peace. But, I don't think we will live in peace."
The way Helz proposed to resolve the Jewish plight was very simple, it was too simple, that is: rebuilding the Jewish state.
This is an excellent excuse for China to use the power of the Jews to occupy Australia!
Chapter completed!