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tlaquetzqui · 2 months ago

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On the subject of interest and usury, it is not true that medieval Jews became moneylenders because the Christians had a silly taboo on interest and Jews filled a gap because of their superior intellect making them realize interest is fine. Nope.

Judaism traditionally forbids lending at interest. Entirely. But only to other Jews. Why? Well because the moneylender is hated, and you make strife within your community.

But hey I’m sure lending at interest, becoming a hated moneylender, and creating strife with people who have no ties to you, outnumber you ten to one, and don’t consider themselves dressed without a sword will work out great. I mean what could go wrong?

#salty amateur historian #things that ain't so #the trouble with antisemitic conspiracy theories is they ignore how BONEHEADED jews frequently have been #and before you embarrass yourself plenty of jews were just regular merchants or craftsmen #jewelers and glaziers were two fields they excelled in hence why 'crystal' is a jewish surname #st louis ix continued his predecessors' expulsion of jews but he restricted it to moneylenders and left merchants and craftsmen alone #he also imposed capital punishment for robbing or assaulting even those jews while deporting them #'we regard your people as an enemy but we don't have to be dicks about it'

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