> again, as i laid out in my previous post the fact that pogroms were being carried out regularly in the region prior to the holocaust indicates to me that hatred of jews ran a lot deeper than that. ... probably the biggest part of it is the reality that christians couldn't lend money to other christians, and as a result the majority of moneylending was done by jews. nobody likes money lenders and of course it gives local authorities a big incentive to allow/encourage pogroms if it means their debts will be forgiven. pogroms did happen but contrary to what you are saying they tended to happen when central, royal, authority was weakened. i believe that's why jews tend to be in favor of strong central government in the diaspora nations they reside in, it's in their cultural dna to fear the peasantry getting out of hand and getting power. that would explain why they are against trump despite the fact that he is the most pro-israel president ever and even has jews in his family. it's that deep seated fear of giving any power to the "peasants" because they know where that has led. now let's go back to why jews were hated in the region historically. yes they were money lenders, but they were more than that, especially int he polish-lithuanian commonwealth. they dis-proportionally held the arendas and were the "face" and technocratic administrators of the oppressive gentile nobility, and they used the position to enrich themselves greatly. i believe this is the common position of diaspora jews, the administrators that carry out the day to day oppression of the gentile nobility across many periods and empires. this of course leads to them being targeted when there are uprisings. the gentile nobility is of course fine with this as it misdirects anger away from them. does this make the jews inherently bad or evil? no, but it doesn't exactly make them innocent victims either.
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