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Roger Beal's avatar

It's not really paradoxical. Some of the authors who developed communism were Jews. The kibbutzim who settled Israel post-1948 lived in communist communities.

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Tom's avatar

It's the difference between sharing because "works make you righteous" and sharing because "I have plenty, and those people are in need."

Doing a thing because it satisfies your need for self-righteousness is not commendable.

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RunningLogic's avatar

They never understood that those are two sides to the same coin. They wanted to do the opposite of nazism but ended up with more or less the same under a different name.

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RSgva's avatar

Yes, but this vaccine stuff was coming from international organizations and American Pharma companies, not to mention the Biden administration, which inherited an anti-Israel view from Obama.

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