January, 2006

Honest Mistakes

by Jaron Lanier
The Conversation
January 25th, 2006

This last turn of the conversation towards an examination of Jews and the Left is too annoying to pass without comment. To state the obvious: Jews were an oppressed minority in Europe. And as it happens we were also a hyperactively bookish minority. Marxism and related ideas were new, and it was perfectly reasonable to [...]

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The Dark Side of Internet Liberation

by Eric S. Raymond
The Conversation
January 25th, 2006

David Gelernter wrote: It’s really East European Jews you mean. Quite correct. I had almost inserted that qualifier myself. It’s impossible to read any history of the American Old Left without noticing the preponderance of Litvak, Galizianer, Ukrainian, and Polish family names. I guess my underlying error here is that when somebody says “Ashkenazim” I [...]

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