Capitalism is Talmudism

 I have in several previous posts debunked the various popular misquotations of the Talmud that make it sound beastly racist.  I even link to a worthy translation of the Talmud.  I accept the general principle proposed by liberal advocates of the Talmud that it is intended to show how to be perfectly fair to non-Jews and more than fair to fellow Jews.  On the face of it, this doesn't sound unreasonable (though it may differ from both Torah Judaism (not Yawhism of course, but Judaism as interpreted roughly from the Second Temple until the Macabees) and Christianity, which were intended to be universal creeds to be spread to all nations of the world, as well as many other religions which have a universalistic view).

But as even Marx noted the similarity, Talmudic Judaism is really what enabled Capitalism.  The ideal Capitalist is "perfectly" fair to workers and consumers (to be "competitive") but more than fair to stockholders and top managers.  That's the idea, the "profit" flows upwards to the tribe.  It was even the deviation of Talmudic Judaism from Christianity that at first made western "banking" possible.  And the Christian elites thrived on banking, getting Jews to do the very thing that Christianity forbade (and still should, actually).

So from banking, which does not share its profits from borrowers with the borrowers themselves (as would be required by both Christianity and Islam), which owns titles to things, which people can only acquire through paying off debt, it seems a short logical step to owning the titles of Corporations (which actually started out as a quasi-government thing) and, voila, Capitalism.

 (When I say "Talmudism" I mean the extreme version of Talmudic Judaism that over-emphasizes "adherence" to the Talmud, accepting even the racist parts, while ignoring anything incompatible.  Zionists are the best example.  It is alternatively possible to have a liberal or left view of the Talmud as a interesting and even useful but flawed document in the history of the Jewish tribe/faith, still be a modern Jew, and accept the very faultlines of the Talmud I am describing here.  Some contemporary Jews reject the Talmud completely.  The "fairness" goal the Talmud ostensibly has is essentially impossible, either you have universal fairness to all or you don't have fairness at all, even the smallest gap in fairness level is the path to supremacism and apartheid, as is now proven by Zionism...and Capitalism. The Talmud was never (except in the Three Oaths about prohibiting men from creating a Jewish State) intended to represent the "Word of God" but the arguments of some ancient scholars who were probably wrong about many things (Aristotle was also wrong about many things) preserved to show the structure of "reasoned" and very detailed (aka legalistic) arguments, and give students something to argue about, but not necessarily proscribe the outcomes of those contemporary arguments.)  

(It has generally been my personal experience that Jews have treated me not just fair but more than fair even though I am not Jewish.  My presumable Jewish ancestors converted to Christianity many generations ago and I am generally perceived as having essentially Scandinavian ancestry, which means nothing special to me.  I identify first as a Communist and second as an Atheist.  There is an argument that Zionism should not be understood as a manifestation of Jewish Supremacism but as Western Imperialism.  I see it as both.)