In this post, I will argue that Jewish people have become highly represented among circles of American elites, that this has shifted the political ideology of American elites towards leftism and Zionism, and that the leftist and Zionist ideology of Jewish elites is partially explained by ethnocentrism on the part of Jews. This should go without saying, but nothing in this post should be taken as an attempt to justify mistreating anyone simply because they are Jewish.
Anyway, in the United States the socioeconomic status of Jews was basically the same as that of English, Scottish, and Irish, Americans in 1910, but was considerably higher by 1980 .
Similarly, in the 1940s Jews were 20% less likely than gentiles to be included in America’s “Who’s Who”. By the 1990s this disparity had reversed such that Jews were 4.7 times more likely than non-Jews to be included in the list.
Using a more fine grained analysis, it can be seen that this shift represented an increase in Jewish and Catholic dominance and the fall of the liberal Protestants who represented 53% of America’s intellectual elites in 1930 but only 27% in 1976.
Elsewhere, I’ve written about the political influence of Catholics. This influence was substantial in large part because Catholics had power as a humongous voting block. By contrast, Jews are only around 2% of the US population and so have never been an especially important voting group. But as we’ve already seen, Jews do make up a significant proportion of America’s most influential individuals. This becomes more true the more elite the sample under consideration is.
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Anyway, in the United States the socioeconomic status of Jews was basically the same as that of English, Scottish, and Irish, Americans in 1910, but was considerably higher by 1980 .
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Elsewhere, I’ve written about the political influence of Catholics. This influence was substantial in large part because Catholics had power as a humongous voting block. By contrast, Jews are only around 2% of the US population and so have never been an especially important voting group. But as we’ve already seen, Jews do make up a significant proportion of America’s most influential individuals. This becomes more true the more elite the sample under consideration is.
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Read the rest of the article at Ideas and Data
Archived version available here
