I didn't know what Shylock meant; had to look it up. Hmmm, going back to Shakespeare times.
Shylock is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. A Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock is the play's principal villain. His defeat and forced conversion to Christianity form the climax of the story.
Our ancestors knew...
Imagine what society will re-learn from their "old ways" in a few more years.
Remember what happens after a fourth turning… Society, both morally and politically, snaps back the other way. In this case, left to right. Interestingly, the book was hitting on a fundamental facet of reality.
"There is nothing new under the sun" ~Hermes Trismegistus
Shakespeare originally entitled this the Jew of Venice. He was inspired by the Jew of Malta, written several years earlier. There is no such thing as anti semitism. It is simply a known fact throughout history.
Mostly they didn’t hurt you, because a guy who can’t work can’t pay you. Usually they would increase the interest rate or make a “deal” with you to take a piece of your business or a chunk of your pay.
To lend money at extortionate rates of interest: This describes the action of lending money with the intention of profiting unfairly from the borrower's inability to repay.
Jew haters have it both ways. On one hand, they absolutely insist that Trump is a puppet of Israel -- on the other, any remark Trump makes that can be construed as anti-Jewish they laud as brilliant and definitely intended.
You sure about that? Go read Nick Fuentes or Stew Peters posts on X. They will not bring up Trump stating this at all, but if they do, they will say he's doing it to save face.
They are full on convinced Trump is a Zionist puppet. No ifs ands or butts.
Yeah, that was kind of my point but I probably made it badly.
My point was that Jew haters intermingle with us, trying to pretend they have anything at all as a shared interest -- when they clearly don't.
They absolutely hate Q+, even when Trump does things that should coincide with their world view (like calling out bankers who inflict usury). They completely forget they hate Trump for about 2 moments and then they default back to hating Trump.
Because deep down they have far more in common with radical leftists, or (more likely) are a psyop perpetrated by the same people pushing radical leftism.
Trump calling out Shylock, from a Shakespeare play, as a villain means no more about Jews, than calling out Al Capone as a murderer means about Italians.
I didn't know what Shylock meant; had to look it up. Hmmm, going back to Shakespeare times.
Shylock is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. A Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock is the play's principal villain. His defeat and forced conversion to Christianity form the climax of the story.
He wanted a pound of flesh, but couldn't have the blood as well.
Whoah. Based Shakespeare! Oh but wait... "MUH ANTISEMITISM."
Our ancestors knew...
Imagine what society will re-learn from their "old ways" in a few more years.
Remember what happens after a fourth turning… Society, both morally and politically, snaps back the other way. In this case, left to right. Interestingly, the book was hitting on a fundamental facet of reality.
"There is nothing new under the sun" ~Hermes Trismegistus
Pretty sure King Solomon said that even earlier.
Yep! Ecclesiastes 1:9
By that logic, even the quote itself is nothing new under the sun
Shakespeare originally entitled this the Jew of Venice. He was inspired by the Jew of Malta, written several years earlier. There is no such thing as anti semitism. It is simply a known fact throughout history.
Yes. Stereotypes exist for a reason.
The Mob was known for shylocking.
You pay every week or the break your legs.....
Mostly they didn’t hurt you, because a guy who can’t work can’t pay you. Usually they would increase the interest rate or make a “deal” with you to take a piece of your business or a chunk of your pay.
Their was a shylock in chicago,who abused peoples wives and daughters if they couldn't pay.
When his time came to walk into a room,they took 3 days to do the job....
I read that book when I was in high school. We used for literature class. I don’t miss that shit
I love Shakespeare! The humor is amazing and the insight of people’s character is dead center.
This.
Born in 1960 and NEVER had to read Shakespeare! CA public schools....
Yeah, but he's way evil. He lends because he enjoys being sadistically inhumane, more than for the money.
His description of why is one of the most moving passages in literature.
Yeah... don't care. Calling a spade a spade is what he does best.
shylock (/ˈʃaɪlɒk/ SHY-lok)
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Jew haters have it both ways. On one hand, they absolutely insist that Trump is a puppet of Israel -- on the other, any remark Trump makes that can be construed as anti-Jewish they laud as brilliant and definitely intended.
You sure about that? Go read Nick Fuentes or Stew Peters posts on X. They will not bring up Trump stating this at all, but if they do, they will say he's doing it to save face.
They are full on convinced Trump is a Zionist puppet. No ifs ands or butts.
Yeah, that was kind of my point but I probably made it badly.
My point was that Jew haters intermingle with us, trying to pretend they have anything at all as a shared interest -- when they clearly don't.
They absolutely hate Q+, even when Trump does things that should coincide with their world view (like calling out bankers who inflict usury). They completely forget they hate Trump for about 2 moments and then they default back to hating Trump.
Because deep down they have far more in common with radical leftists, or (more likely) are a psyop perpetrated by the same people pushing radical leftism.
I agree with this
When one party CAN "have it both ways", the other party is headed for defeat.
Trump calling out Shylock, from a Shakespeare play, as a villain means no more about Jews, than calling out Al Capone as a murderer means about Italians.
Yup, we shouldn't need to pay any of those BS taxes.
Dang!