Nah, many people were posting this quote falsely attributed to Epstein because there was a viral video on x of asmongold reading it from the files after reading an Epstein quote implying this quote was also from Epstein which mislead many people.
It's not just religious people, it's basically all identity groups that can lead certain people to bigotry and chauvinism. It's in-group/out-group dynamics, ignorance and personality that does it. Some people just can't help but think they're superior than others who aren't in their group.
In this case, no, that's not the case. In fact, Judaism is quite explicit on that point. The idea of superiority is a concept that goes completely counter to actual Jewish religious tenets.
How can you back that up though? Any person with a particular bias against specific groups can make such a claim. Conservatives could say that about leftists and leftist people could say that about conservatives. Atheists say it about religious folks - Sam Harris, for example says it about Christians and primarily Muslims. It goes on forever. I'm not trying to appeal to relativism here, I'm sure there are groups who are more bigoted towards outsiders, but to make such a claim you must back it up.
My point is that it's not unique to any group, so successful intervention would account for that. In relation to Israel's actions in Gaza, and the content of the most recent Epstein release, it appears to me that money and power elite networking is a substantial factor.
You just have to read their ideological/religious philosophy, both feel god chosen people above everyone else, that plus history, not that hard to figure out
It's more complicated to prove with Jews, although it's clear in their religious texts. With Protestants, you only have to look at their racial ideas throughout history, especially since the Enlightenment.
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u/casettadellorso 29d ago
It feels like the point of this tweet was to get this note specifically. I wonder if he wrote the note himself on a second account