Former US Senator Norm Coleman has raised eyebrows by declaring that “the masters of the universe are Jews” at a major Zionist lobby event in Jerusalem.
“And when you think about it, the Masters of the Universe are Jews! We’ve got Altman at OpenAI, we’ve got [Facebook founder Mark] Zuckerberg, we’ve got [Google founder] Sergey Brin, we’ve got a group across the board. Jan Koum, y’know, founded WhatsApp. It’s us.”
The remarks came as Coleman lamented that pro-Israel propagandists are “losing the digital war” in battle for the hearts and minds of younger generations, and called for more stringent censorship of pro-Palestinian speech. “A majority or Gen Z have an unfavorable impression of Israel. And, my friends, I think the reason for that is that we’re losing the digital war. They’re getting their information from TikTok, and… and we’re losing that war.”
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
The reason for that is the behaviour of the state of Israel and has nothing to do with being Jewish or not.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Yeah… It’s almost like ethno-states are an inherently immoral and dangerous concept.
I feel for Jewish people who do not support the state of Israel, it must be ostracizing and exhausting to fight against the majority of their own people who constantly try to conflate ethnicity with nationalism.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
it’s not even the majority of us according to most polls. just the most vocal and dangerous
ogmios@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
The reason is that most people think they already know everything they need to know and never actually develop themselves spiritually to the point they can actually understand what’s being said, and act against it. Instead most people will continue to pump tokens into the skinner box which “proves” they are owned in these people’s eyes, without ever doing anything to contradict the notion that they’re owned.
It’s not about being true. It’s that they’ve successfully sold enough people the perspective that it’s true, that people are willing to go along with it in exchange for profits.
fujiwood@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Maybe I’m an idiot but what?