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The Jewish Question, often abbreviated as JQ, is a popular talking point/conspiracy theory among the "dissident" right; however the usage of the term itself precedes the current wignat usage by over a hundred years. One prominent and early example is ''Die Judenfrage'' (1843) by Bruno Bauer, which Marx made a well known critique of in his "On the Jewish Question." The current day usage by wignats, however, refers to a real or perceived overrepresentation of Jews in political, economic, or industrial positions, almost entirely ignorant of the original meaning of the term. | The Jewish Question, often abbreviated as JQ, is a popular talking point/conspiracy theory among the "dissident" right; however the usage of the term itself precedes the current wignat usage by over a hundred years. One prominent and early example is ''Die Judenfrage'' (1843) by Bruno Bauer, which Marx made a well known critique of in his "On the Jewish Question." The current day usage by wignats, however, refers to a real or perceived overrepresentation of Jews in political, economic, or industrial positions, almost entirely ignorant of the original meaning of the term. | ||
== The Historical JQ and Marx's "On the Jewish Question" == | == The Historical JQ and Marx's "On the Jewish Question" (1843) == | ||
Historically speaking, the Jewish Question referred to the inability of the Jews to integrate into secularized European society, because for most of history, the Jews were actually marked by an '''exclusion''' from the main state, be it in the form of privileges, rights, duties and so forth, and many Jews had an agreement with the country that they resided in that they would live in Jewish ghettos that were to be governed by Mosaic Law. But with the French Revolution and the establishment of a Universal state, such carve-outs and prejudices became incompatible with the premise of that state: formal equality. The Jewish Question became the name of a contradiction latent in the bourgeois or universal state. To allow Jews to abide by Mosaic law would compromise the formal equality which is the basis of such a state, but to forcibly secularize them would violate freedom of religion. | Historically speaking, the Jewish Question referred to the inability of the Jews to integrate into secularized European society, because for most of history, the Jews were actually marked by an '''exclusion''' from the main state, be it in the form of privileges, rights, duties and so forth, and many Jews had an agreement with the country that they resided in that they would live in Jewish ghettos that were to be governed by Mosaic Law. But with the French Revolution and the establishment of a Universal state, such carve-outs and prejudices became incompatible with the premise of that state: formal equality. The Jewish Question became the name of a contradiction latent in the bourgeois or universal state. To allow Jews to abide by Mosaic law would compromise the formal equality which is the basis of such a state, but to forcibly secularize them would violate freedom of religion. | ||