They are a highly ethnocentric people, and quick to denounce the same tendency in other groups. They are sharp competitors for power and position, and in the United States, quite successful in that mission. The problem is that in achieving these goals, they do unacknowledged damage to other groups.
Sounds like a very accurate description of many ethnic groups to me,
William.
In fact, it sounds like an excellent description of the master class which, as I'm sure you must be aware, is comprised of many different ethnics.
Now if you pointed out that among that master class, Jews are more represented (per capita) than probably any other ethnic group in the USA, I'd definitely agree that is probably true.
And since Jews do tend to run their own charities and take better care of their own better than any other ethnics, and since that culture seems to prepare their children for live in this capitalistic dog-eat-dog system better than most cultures tend to, Jews tend to be better off overall when compared to most other ethnics.
From my experience, Jews seem like, generally speaking of course, the smartest ethnic group I know.
And when looks at who gets prizes for science, literature and so forth, we find that once again, the Jews are highly over represented on a per capita basis.
Now I suppose, were I an anti-Jew kind of racist, I'd try to explain that by saying Jews control who wins those contests.
But I rather think the reason they so often rise to the top of the heap in their respective fields probably has to do with the enormous emphasis that the Jews have traditionally put on scholarship.
Face it, William, when our European forefathers were living outside of the Roman Empire clamoring to be allowed in to get away from the Huns and the Tartars, when they were bearly making it, the JEWS of the roman empire had been civilized urban dwellers for a thousand years.
That historical reality of Jews being integrated parts of the most advanced societies that the world had to offer at the time, is STILL manifesting in our world even today.
Jews keep rising to the top because they are smart, and they are clannish, and their culture is long accustomed to thriving in civilizations in a ways that yours and mine are not.
