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Re: [Marxism] What to make of Marx's anti-semitism? (his essay, 'On the Jewish Question')

> Partly some of Marx's expression on "the Jewish question" reflect that he
> was, after all, a man of his times, partly our shock reflects that we are
> not people of his times.

Exactly. You have to put yourself in a pre-holocaust period of history.
Also, given his family's conversion to Christianity -- mainly due to job
advancement/social pressures -- you can guess at what additional exposures to
anti-Semitism that must have brought.

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There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who get binary, and those who
don't.


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