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• @OldBastard 20 November 2021

  It's important to differentiate between the "top 1%" and the rest of the people, regardless of what group of folks you're discussing. He correctly points out that the majority of the jewish people were being persecuted in Europe during this time. It's only the super wealthy that had such huge influence. Fun fact: the Secretary of State of the Confederacy was a Jewish guy, Judah P. Benjamin. "Benjamin was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet position in North America and the first to be elected to the United States Senate who had not renounced his faith." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_P._Benjamin