I see a lot of debate about Israel, Netanyahu, Sionism, amtisemitism, AIPAC, etc.
Sionism is the logical result of the repeated rejection and persecution of Jews since the Pharaohs.
Even if Sionism dies antisemitism will not. It will last as long as the Jews and as long as the Jews do not figure out one or both of the following; how to be truly accepted by the non-Jewish majority of the countries Jews live in and/or figure out a way to have a country that will be accepted by its neighbours because if it is not accepted by its neighbours such country will perish or have to rely on one or more powerful non-Jewish countries, countries that sooner or later will turn on the Jews, as we see the people of the US doing, although not the politicians.
Jews also have to figure out a way to avcept non- Jews as equals; as long as they cling to the irrational idea that somehow they are better people because, for example, there is a disproportionately high number of Jewish Nobel Prize winners, etc., and somehow that shows Judaism makes Jews superior, they will generate rejection.
It is irrational to consider, for example, Einstein, a superior human. He was a superior scientist but his owm life shows he was not superior at all, otherwise he would have had a happy first marriage instead of ending in the failure of divorce. He then married his cousin which, to me, shows he was not very good at socializing.
I think a big reset is needed among Jews and non- Jews but, for obvious reasons, it the Jewish minority who needs to make the majoe reset if they ever aspire at being truly accepted.
As for the Westerners, they need to accelerate de irrelevance and alien nature to our civilisation which rests on Classical Greek and, to a lesser extent Roman, thought. They also need to accelerate the irrelevance of Marxism and all its derivatives because it too isva dogmatic religion but with not even rhe moral brake of God.
The basis of our civilisation is humans, human reason should lead us to debate ideas and to decide by majority vote, ruling ourselves by our ability to reason, not by what any god or holy book tells us.
We are getting there but it takes effort because religion and marxism are dogmatic believes from above, both look down on the ability of humans to figure out things by ourselves and thus are intrinsically incompatible with democracy.
Religions do not like democracy because democracy rests on the idea that there are no god-given universal truths, that the people, through respectful debate have to figure out what is the right thing to do. Yes, the people will make some mistakes but the use of reason will develop further their ability to reason. Holy books, marxism or any other ideology based on revealed “truths” or the “inspiration” of one human will always end up becoming irrelevant because with the passage of time society changes.
The reason why many former believers in religion, marxism, etc., abandon them is because science, discoveres, reflections triggered by science and discovery, lead more and more people to decide religious and marxist dogmas make no sense.
The Greeks had it right; the citizens must debate and decide the laws, war, etc.
While Greek democracy, which meant government by the people, not gods, priests, kings or generals or aristocrats, was not perfect it was far ahead of any other society in terms of respect for humanity
Not just with respect to other contemporary societies like Jews, Romans, Persian, Macedonians, etc., but also with respect to all the so-called democracies of today. Such societies are not democracy by aristocracies of elected representatives and the rich.
Only Switzerland, where the citizens on their own inititiative can and do decide and nullify the decisions by politicians regarding any law or policy, at all levels of goverment, come close the Greek democracy.
So, if we want to diminish antisemitism we have some thinking to do.
Real democracy, Swiss style is a good step because it ensures the will of the majority of voters always prevails. It is impossible on Seitzerland to have the situation now present in so many countries in which the elected politicians and the lobbies often prevail over the will of the people.
Antiseminism is negñigible in Switzerland because an AIPAC, with so much imfluence over government, over politicians is not possible. In the Swiss system AIPAC would have to take the issue to the people. Im Switzerland AIPAC (its equivalent) would have to collect 1% of signatures of registered voters and call a referendum for Swiss voters to decide if the country should send to Israel x billions of dollars, sell weapons and how many, etc.
The Swiss people would decide for or against and that would settle the issue until another possible referendum overturns and modifies the decision.
If you want the Swiss system of real democracy you have to set aside your political ideas and joinc others to demand a radical and peaceful change to the decision making system in your town, state, province, region so that the people are the final decision makers, mot the politicians or even the highest court.
That is the real rehime change you need in your country.
