The existence of terrorism here is a relatively new development. It did not exist hardly at all prior to 2001 in the United States.
This is a matter of considerable interest because of the repeated instances of terrorism within the United States over the last year. We had an incident in Washington state this weekend. The attack in Manhattan last weekend struck close to home because my eldest son works approximately 6 blocks from the site of the Chelsea explosion.
What factors have previously been blamed for terrorism in the United States?
- Western interventions and/or presence in the Middle East at various times ever since the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the partitioning of its lands;
- Retribution for Western creation and support of the nation of Israel; and
- The very nature of Islam itself.
But there is a more proximate explanation for the existence of terrorism in the United States.
Prior to 1965, immigration to the United States was sharply restricted; and we had very little immigration to the United States from many portions of the world. A law passed during 1924 limited immigration even from the eastern and southern parts of Europe, thereby tilting immigration policy in favor of those from the northern and western parts of Europe. It was a specific measure to maintain the composition of the United States as primarily Anglo-Saxon and Christian. Those involved in passing and supporting the law were concerned about the changes brought by new groups to the United States.
But then the 1965 law passed, and it blew the gates wide open. Immigration from the Middle East, the Near East and Africa now would become much more voluminous.
The big question is why that law was passed during 1965. In politics, nearly all things happen for a reason.
The answer is contained in a 1998 book by Kevin MacDonald who was a professor of psychology on the faculty at California State University at Long Beach. The book is "The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth Century Intellectual and Political Movements".
MacDonald's book is heavily referenced and annotated. It is a major academic effort. The author explains the history of the Jewish people as victims of anti-Semitism, marginalization and violence at various points throughout their history. In the United States, however, this group rapidly took advantage of the capitalist system and became prosperous. They have had certain cultural strengths including a tendency to value education and an entrepreneurial flair for innovation. MacDonald also cites research that suggests the Jewish people tend to have a higher IQ than many other groups.
MacDonald has been accused of anti-Semitism because he wrote this book, even though it is heavily reliant upon historical facts.
The author methodically laid out the case that the Jewish people since the early part of the 20th century have been the chief group arguing against the types of restrictions on immigration contained in the 1924 law. He notes numerous Jewish individuals and groups that pushed to overturn it and ultimately pass the 1965 law. The Democrats held both the presidency and Congress during the mid-1960's; and they gave Jewish Americans major influence in shaping and passing the new legislation.
MacDonald explained that Jewish Americans pushed this new immigration framework for their own self-interest. The objective was to diminish the power and sway and influence of white Christian Americans; and to make the United States more diverse and multicultural. Their thinking was that it would help their own group to diminish the proportionate share and influence of white Christians. He explained that Jewish individuals and groups involved often used lofty, idealistic, humanitarian language to justify changing immigration law; but in fact, it was primarily motivated by the self-interest of their own group in response to their own history elsewhere.
We saw an example of this phenomenon here in Greensboro nine months ago when the issue of Syrian refugees was being discussed. Local Jewish voices, paradoxically, were among the most insistent we must admit these people to the United States. At first glance, this would seem to make little sense given the severe antipathy of many Muslims toward Jews. But in fact, there is a larger agenda.
MacDonald further makes the point that other major Jewish initiatives we have seen over the years-- the support of black aggrievement, socialism, the LGBT agenda and church/state separation, for instance-- also were advanced and advocated in large part because of Jewish self-interest. Again, the objective was to diminish the power and sway of white Christians for their own group's benefit.
Conservatives often discuss the progressive "march through the institutions" and the influence of factors such as the Frankfurt School. But when we discuss progressivism and incremental socialism, we often tend to underemphasize that a considerable amount of the financing, brainpower and impetus within the cultural and political left is supplied by Jewish Americans. Not all of it, by any means, but a big chunk.
I urge conservatives to read The Culture of Critique because it is critical to understand the activities and motivations of Jewish Americans in order to understand the American left.
In any event, we now have a cogent explanation as to why we have terrorism and race riots and the like within the United States.
MacDonald quoted one of the major politicians in favor of immigration restrictions in 1952, Senator Pat McCarren, who stated that "this nation is the last hope of Western civilization and if this oasis of the world shall be overrun, perverted, contaminated or destroyed, then the last flickering light of humanity will be extinguished...(W)e have in the United States today hard-core, indigestible blocs which have not been integrated into the American way of life, but which, on the contrary are its deadly enemies. Today, as never before, untold millions are storming our gates for admission and those gates are cracking under the strain."
He further stated that the enemies of immigration restrictions "will have contributed more to promote this nation's downfall than any other group since we achieved our independence as a nation."
The man was a prophet.
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