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The
Perfect Recipe For A Real Antisemitism
Crisis by Caitlin Johnstone
Caitlin
Johnston
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If
I wanted to increase antisemitism, I imagine I’d
do a lot of really evil stuff under a Star of
David flag while adamantly insisting that my
actions are inseparable from the Jewish people
and the Jewish faith. I’d kill children by the
thousands and commit genocidal atrocities.
To
really help antisemitism spread I’d do
everything I can to make people less vigilant
against it. I’d try very hard to make the
warning label of antisemitism look ridiculous
and meaningless — circulate narratives that
people who oppose genocide and ethnic cleansing
hate Jews, frame peace marches as hate crimes,
brand calls for justice as calls for the
genocide of Jewish people. I’d falsely cry wolf
as many times as possible in the most
self-evidently absurd ways I could think of in
order to desensitize everyone to alarm bells
about the real spread of anti-Jewish hate.
I’d
try to make sure the Jewish soldiers carrying
out the atrocities under the Star of David flag
make themselves look as inhuman as possible,
thereby dehumanizing ordinary Jews in the eyes
of the public. They should film themselves doing
the most evil things imaginable while laughing
and celebrating their deeds, and then share
those videos on social media. The more viral
content they can create with their horrific
acts, the better.
I
suppose I’d also want to research longstanding
antisemitic conspiracy theories and make sure
everyone’s helping to feed into them. “Jews
control the media”? I’ll make sure the media are
wildly biased in favor of the Star of David
flag. “Jews control the government”? Make sure
governments are bending over backwards to
facilitate the crimes of the Star of David
nation. “Child blood sacrifices”? Make sure the
war crimes perpetrated under the Star of David
flag are killing as many kids as possible.
These
steps would create the perfect environment for
very real acts of hatred toward members of the
Jewish faith, which I suppose could then be used
to drum up support for further atrocities,
thereby making the very real antisemitism even
worse. This would create a self-reinforcing
feedback loop of violence and hatred, causing
steadily escalating antisemitism throughout our
society that one day could potentially lead to
something as terrible as history has ever seen.
Of
course I would never do such a thing, because it
would be a terrible evil to inflict upon the
Jews of the world. If such a thing happened it
wouldn’t be the fault of the Jews — many of whom
are among the most kind hearted and upstanding
people on earth — it would be the fault of the
governments and media outlets who paved the way
to such an outcome. Any power structure which
created or fed into such a dynamic would be
unforgivably depraved, and would need to be
stopped for the good of humanity.