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So he’s saying that the Jews brought about Communism, which poisoned the country’s productivity, but he’s also saying that Jews also destroyed the USSR which obviously was a positive contribution to Russia. So if we go with the idea that the Jews brought about Communist rule, then we also have to go along with the idea that the Jews destroyed Communism..So the Jews are, according to this nutjob, responsible for Russia’s rebirth, no?

One can certainly say that Jews were very disproportionately represented in the Communist ranks, the Jews after all had good reason to loathe the Tsar. It is also fair to say that among the oligarchs who cashed in big time in 1991 and made vast fortunes buying up government assets at fire-sale prices Jews were again very disproportionately represented.

Neither statement is mutually contradictory. The same can also be said of pre-WWII Germany where Jews were over-represented among the leading capitalists and communists.

They were also over-represented in the ranks of musicians, scholars, lawyers, doctors etc so what conclusion to draw? I have no idea.

I live in SE Asia and the Chinese community have a similar profile here, over-represented in the business community, media, medicine etc and resented equally as much and just as much blamed for all society’s ills (oddly enough the Chinese were also to the forefront in Communist agitation in the 50’s and 60’s). I believe in Africa the Indians fit the same bill.

If an ethnic community gets a reputation for opting for professions where brainpower rather than brawn (you don’t see too many Chinese in Malaysia or Indonesia tending rice paddies or on building sites) then it is only human nature that they will end up being resented, unfairly, for their success.

I dare say the wealthy in their gated communities and air-conditioned malls can live with such resentment, it’s a bit harder on those further down the totem pole running their small shop or enterprise who face the day to day reality of such resentment.

This is based on the fact that Jews and Caucasians (Georgians, Armenians etc) had a higher percentage in the politburo compared to their numbers on the ground -- this could be because they were also more likely to be educated.

And Russians prey on the fact that a number of early Soviet leaders were non-russian. Not only Trotsky (Jewish), but Georgians: Stalin, Beria, then Macedonians: Georgy Malenkov, then Ukrainians: Brezhnew, Andropov, Chernenko

But they forget that while these were "highlight", the majority of the party were Russians -- it's easier to scapegoat a minority