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From: jbf@ccieng5.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Martillo and Logic
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Date: Fri, 4-May-84 16:42:01 EDT
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I don't think that Martillo was CLAIMING democracy automatically implies
antisemitism.  A correlation between autocracy and antisemitism had been
discussed, and he was offering an example of an inverse correlation.

The logic is more:
	1)	There are lots of antisemites about.
	2)	Antisemites will like you for kicking jews.
	3)	(not mentioned by Martillo)
		Prosemites and civil rights advocates will dislike you
		for kicking jews.
	4)	In a country where you have more antisemites than
		prosemites and civil rights advocates, you could get
		elected by kicking jews.

The idea that autocracy may be less prone to antisemitism is not
outrageous.  I would expect that a ruler with an elite upbringing
would feel less threatened by jews than a proletarian who notices
mostly that here are a people who refuse to mix with HIS kind.

Nasreddin Hodja
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