AtD resonances in IV

John Bailey sundayjb at gmail.com
Mon Sep 28 22:09:12 CDT 2009


Came across this passage last night - it's even got those snakey hair ropes.

"What is the modern state," Yitzhak declared, "but a suburban
house-lot taken up to a larger scale? Anti-Semitism flows directly
from the suburban fear of those always on the move, who set up camp
for a night, or pay rent, unlike the Good Citizen who believes he
'owns' his home, although it is more likely to be owned by a bank,
perhaps even a Jewish bank. Everyone must live in a simply connected
space with an unbroken line around it. Some put hair ropes, to keep
snakes out. Any who live outside property-lines of any scale are
automatically a threat to the suburban order and by extension the
State. Conveniently, Jews have this history of statelessness." AtD 185



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