I have been trying to follow up and research some interesting topics to write about for the Blog. However, as much as I would like to write about something related to Marxism-Leninism and Marxist Theory, it pains me to sometimes encounter Chauvinist nonsense from those daring to proclaim themselves as Marxist-Leninists. Since I am not going to name any names here, because I lack both the motivation and the energy to waste time on senseless online feuds, I will just say that any Conservative Socialist adhering to centuries-old conspiracy theories involving “Jewish Capitalism” is about as simple-minded as a Liberal Capitalist entertaining similar rhetoric about “Jewish Socialism.” Such thinking is counterproductive and undermines serious interest in Socialistic ideas because people will start entertaining concerns regarding Antisemitism.
To quote a phrase popularized by August Bebel, the subject of immense praise in Spengler’s Prussianism and Socialism:
“Der Antisemitismus ist der Sozialismus der dummen Kerle (Antisemitism is the Idiot’s Socialism).”
And let us not forget what Spengler himself wrote regarding the Antisemitism of the Hitlerists:
“When one would rather destroy business and scholarship than see Jews in them, one is an ideologue, i.e., a danger for the nation. Idiotic.”
Yes, one could speak of a genuine Jewish Socialism and a Jewish Capitalism. There were and are plenty of Jews concerned about the Gentile Proletariat as just as how there can also be those with vested interests in the Gentile Bourgeoisie. But this very specific notion of equivocating all Jews with everything wrong about Liberal Capitalism is ridiculous. Liberal Capitalism does not need the Jews and their Judaism to perpetuate its existence. If anything, it only needs committed ideological adherents who can be of any background.
Yet there were moments where I encountered self-proclaimed “Marxist-Leninists” employ rhetoric that would be receptive to Bourgeois Liberal Nationalists, who themselves tend to have no qualms about being Chauvinists and Reactionaries. That includes being inclined toward entertaining such notions. I mean, who else were they trying to appeal to?
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DAH,
The most annoying thing about the “capitalism/socialism is Jewish argument” is that it used to make the problem of capitalism a problems with Jews rather than with capitalism itself. This eventually leads to critique on capitalism being completely abandon for just anti-Semitism. The best example of this is National Socialism from Rudolf Jung to Adolf Hitler to George Lincoln Rockwell were anti-capitalism becomes non-existence by time of Rockwell.
As you rightfully point out with the Spengler quote that this argument is used to dismiss intellectuals and writings that are deemed “Jewish” even if these works have great insights and knowledge. Their a lot learn from authors like Marx, Paul Gottfried, and Walter Benjamin that can be useful from a conservative and nationalist perspective. From how capitalism destroys communities and traditional norms to critiques on Neo-conservatism to capitalism commodification of art. The “Jewish capitalism/socialism” argument has it opposite that is used by the Neo-liberal establishment to dismiss all critics of liberalism as being no different than the Nazi’s and everything that comes with that accusation. Sadly it seems like were going be stuck in this false dichotomy for the foreseeable future as politics have become more racial and polarize as different people take the opposite extremes of their opponents just anger them or be contrarian.
Signed,
-A.S
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Albino Squirrel,
Again, I am sorry if I was not able to respond sooner. With so much of my time being spent offline, I have had to reduce my time online.
Anyway, yes, it is a recurring problem that keeps repeating itself over and over again. But now that there is a Jewish nation called the “State of Israel,” suddenly it becomes fashionable to assume that all of Neoliberalism somehow originates in the State of Israel and not the Western world (and America in particular). I wish this was not the case because I feel that such thinking detracts people from understanding what is really at stake here.
You are correct that we are not going to see the end of it anytime soon. As political discourse in the West continues to develop racialist and identitarian undertones, courtesy of Identity Politics and Wokeism, this might get worse, but I am hoping that a line will be drawn somewhere.
Signed,
-DAH
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