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On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 18:47:58 -0400 Sheldon Ranz <sran...@gmail.com> wrote: > As long as systems of oppression require a scapegoat to sustain > themselves in times of crisis, appeals to anti-Semitism will come in > handy. Really? How surprising then that there's so little of it. Anti-Semitism is at best a mere fringe phenomenon these days, but anti-anti-Semitism is perennial. I suspect it's because nobody wants to give up the moral fringe benefits of being an oppressed people -- especially if these can be enjoyed without the inconvenience of actually being oppressed. -- m...@smithbowen.net http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org Leur sçavoir n’estoyt que besterye, et leur sapience n’estoyt que moufles, abastardisant les bons et nobles esperitz, et corrumpent toute fleur de ieunesse. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com