Antisemitism is the socialism of fools

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'''"Antisemitism is the socialism of fools"''' () is a statement opposing the idea that Jewish greed is the source of social injustice.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> According to British historian [[Richard Evans]], it was probably coined by Austrian democrat Ferdinand Kronawetter, but is commonly attributed to the German [[Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany|social democrat]] [[August Bebel]] and sometimes to [[Karl Marx]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The phrase was in wide circulation among German social democrats by the 1890s.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Bebel used the phrase to describe how [[left-wing antisemitism|left-wing antisemites]] target a supposed Jewish conspiracy that oppresses the working class. This is in contrast to other forms of racism, which target a supposedly inferior underclass.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

[[Leo Strauss]] argued that Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]] deliberately imported [[Nazi]] ideas about the Jews, considering that "socialism of fools" was a good thing because fools are common.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

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[[Category:Left-wing politics]]
[[Category:Antisemitism]]

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