GR translation: Jews also carry an element of guilt

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Mon Aug 1 03:47:44 UTC 2022


Mike Jing wrote:

V105.37-41, P107.39-108.2   But out here, down here among the people, the
truer currencies come into being. So, Jews are negotiable. Every bit as
negotiable as cigarettes, cunt, or Hershey bars. Jews also carry an element
of guilt, of future blackmail, which operates, natch, in favor of the
professionals.

Does this mean guilt in the minds of people who have sold out Jews to the
Nazis, or is it something else?  Who is possibly getting blackmailed and
how?




My simplistic breakdown - but it could be correct - is that when they sell
out a Jew, they know they are doing something wrong.

But also, the person might have an inkling, or a premonition, that history
might shift (as readers and author of GR know) & some Jews (or future war
crimes investigators) might later be in a position & of a mind, to pursue
retribution.

So their guilt could also become currency if anyone later wanted to sell
the “turner-in” out.

There’s an implied contempt for those (“ the professionals”) who offer the
info to the highest bidder without regard for principle.


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