A new poll by the Anti-Defamation League found that the majority of Greeks continue to hold anti-Semitic views about Jewish control over finance and the global economy, despite a recent drop in anti-Jewish attitudes in other parts of Europe.
Greece—which faces the prospect of economic default at midnight on Wednesday—surpasses Iran and trails just slightly behind Turkey in the percentage of its residents who hold anti-Semitic views.
In total, 67 percent of Greek respondents agreed with the majority of a list of anti-Semitic statements included in the survey. Other European countries, particularly France and Germany, have experienced a decrease in overall anti-Semitic attitudes in the wake of recent attacks on Jews.
According to the ADL poll, 90 percent of Greeks agreed with the statement that “Jews have too much power in the business world” and 85 percent agreed “Jews have too much power in international finance markets.”
In addition, 70 percent said that “Jews still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust” and 51 percent said “Jews don’t care about what happens to anyone but their own kind.”
Over one-quarter of respondents also said they believe the number of Jews reported to have died in the Holocaust has been “greatly exaggerated.” One-third said Jews are “responsible for most of the world’s wars” and 41 percent agreed that “People hate Jews because of the way Jews behave.”
Still think that Greece isn't ripe for a rightist government?
The Washington Free Beacon
ADL Poll: 85% of Greeks Believe the Jews Have Too Much Power Over Global Finance
The Washington Free Beacon
ADL Poll: 85% of Greeks Believe the Jews Have Too Much Power Over Global Finance
Alana Goodman
6 comments:
Sad.
But, Tom, it's not just the right making up that big poll number.
If there is one thing the left and the far right have in common in Europe is that both hate jews. This is not just the right Tom...
I did not mean to suggest that it is just the right.
But when things go bad, people in general look for scapegoats, and "the Jews" have been traditional scapegoats in Europe (not just Europe, of course). This plays into the hands of rightist parties that regularly bigotry and xenophobia as political tools.
And, of course, it is not just "the Jews," but also those who "different from us," implying beneath us. Muslims, African refugees, Eastern Europeans looking for work and "undercutting wages," Asians buying up property, etc. — all fit the profile.
However, in light of European history is it rather concerning to see "the Jews" emerging along with the obvious "foreigners" as scapegoats — especially with neo-Nazism on the rise in Europe and Golden Dawn in Greece, in particular.
Well, if the Greek people vote "YES" in the referendum, then their troubles are their own fucking fault and I will stop defending them and they should stop blaming others. As it is, I have barely any sympathy left for them. Same goes for poor, Southern Americans, who vote Republican. I hope they fucking stay poor. They got what they deserved.
The thing is Mike, the government took forever to call a referendum ... and let alone the missed IMF deadline and only week for each side to prepare for the vote.
What did the government know in the last few weeks that it did not already know last month, two months ago, three months ago -- all the way back to when its negotiators first came into contact with the austerity aliens (aka Troika)?
And the damn question:
Should the plan of agreement be accepted, blah, blah, blah,...
Is there any mention here that even a NO decision will not alter the fact that the Greek government has already accepted the most crippling demand from the Troika which is for the government to keep running surpluses?
I want to say that a NO vote is the way to go because it will piss the Troika so much that they will find a way to kick Greece out of the Eurozone, or, maybe, by making life in Greece even more miserable that the Greeks themselves will just leave.
But that is a frightening scenario leaving the euro, probably more so than the status quo I believe. Because you and I know, as well as most people here, that the Greek government does not have the knowledge and expertise to go at it alone.
This should be printed on t-shirts in Greece:
The Greeks voted for a Left government in Greece to kickstart the economy, and all they got to show for it was a lousy referendum.
Fuckin' A "leadership"!
Golden Dawn is not on the raise in Greece Tom, the contrary.
If anything I see a military junta on the raise more than some neonazi morons. The last military junta rule for Greece was a complete disaster out of the disaster capitalism cookbook: deflation, "free markets" and hard-money policies which starved (literally) the population.
Maybe this is what the EU is seeking and the greeks may embrace again because... dumb/scaremongering.
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