Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 


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partially true but not really. the point of usury is true, but working class and poor jews still far outnumbered the ultra-wealthy elite. who do you think was living in the pale settlement? why would slavic jews so identify themselves with left wing revolution if not to overthrow the elite of the east?An explanation for Europen Jewish intelligence: Jews were only allowed to be employed in Medieval banking as usury was seen as sin by most Christian and islamic society 800 years ago. So Christian kingdoms bypassed religious laws by only employing jews as bankers. When a people are barred from all income except something as intellectually demanding as medieval banking, strange thing happen to that population via cultural selection and adaption. Anti semitism also played a part as when they got persecuted by Europeans, it was the wealthier Jews who succeeded in banking who escaped persecution whilst the poorer and working class jews were killed or forced to convert to Christianity. This created a situation where if you are a Jew in the nintenth century, theres a good chance your forefathers were highly intelligent individuals. Ashkenazi intelligence isnt as a result of being the "chosen people"(Non European Jews arent known for their intellgence like Yemenite Jews), but because of a millenia of severe antisemitism which forced European Jews to adapt to their situation (become great bankers and be indisposable to European kingdoms economies) and also the exclusivity of their religion/ethnicity, High birth rates, not to mention the impact of medieval banking to Jewish intellectual culture. In a way theyve been inadvertantly perfecting their gene pool for hundreds of years. The principles of Eugenics were probably inspired by the experiences of the Askenazi Jewish community.
I dont think religious literacy is the key to drastic increase in intelligence for a whole people. Arab muslims are an example of a people whove had a millenia tradition of literacy and religious scholarship(most muslims are required to know the quran and Arabic/Islamic philosophy,), I know plenty of muslim families who claim that all their ancestors are salafis(those whove memorised the whole quran). Despite the fact that islamic societies place huge importance on religious scholarship, Islamic societies today dont produce as many technological innovations when compared to nations who were iliterate for most of their history, where only the elite had the luxury of being able to read (Japan, South Korea, Europe).partially true but not really. the point of usury is true, but working class and poor jews still far outnumbered the ultra-wealthy elite. who do you think was living in the pale settlement? why would slavic jews so identify themselves with left wing revolution if not to overthrow the elite of the east?
sephardic jews are european as much as ashkenazim are, and mizrahis and maghrebi jews are just as intelligent, they just haven't happened to display their intelligence in a framework that was created by central and western european culture.
the biggest reason for jewish intelligence is that when the temple was destroyed and the position of high priest ceased to exist, jews began learning to read en masse to keep their traditions alive, since they saw the fragility of encasing their history in a select few. they had a jumpstart on literacy that morphed into a heavy emphasis on education, which happened to convert into financial success with the advent of capitalism and the nation state
Not a surprise, as they are German.
I'm more shocked at The Sun now costing £0.70p. But this will be a HUGE stain on the royal family lol.
I'm glad. Down with the monarchy. It's 2015 for fukks sakes
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i'm very surprised that youtube didn't zap that documentary
all of this is ignoring cultural framework in which certain skills help groups of people advanceI dont think religious literacy is the key to drastic increase in intelligence for a whole people. Arab muslims are an example of a people whove had a millenia tradition of literacy and religious scholarship(most muslims are required to know the quran and Arabic/Islamic philosophy,), I know plenty of muslim families who claim that all their ancestors are salafis(those whove memorised the whole quran). Despite the fact that islamic societies place huge importance on religious scholarship, Islamic societies today dont produce as many technological innovations when compared to nations who were iliterate for most of their history, where only the elite had the luxury of being able to read (Japan, South Korea, Europe).
. And Jews werent creating impressive empires like the Persians or Mesopotamians 1500 years ago(when the middle east had a much larger Jewish population ). They didnt build engineering marvels like the Romans, Egyptians or the Chinese. They had impressive Jewish philosophers, but thats it. When compared to the other people that lived during the same time period, they werent very special. Jewish civilisations such as those in Southern Arabia were mediocre. They werent innovative to the extent of modern Jews. The greeks were a literate people 1200 years ago and were probably the most intelligent people during that time period but look at them now. What has happpened in the last 800 years is what has lead to Sephardic/Askenazis having a higher IQ than average. They had to adapt.
the royal brit family doesn't mean anything as far as politics. they are just symbolic at this point and bring in tons of tourism dollars to the UK.
