RE: A VERY dark theory about Israel...Are useful idiots helping in the final solution?
You points are all valid, I was just throwing out the theory....
There is certainly no visible intention (by the British, who ruled Palestine at the time) to prepare a homestead for the Jews.
That support the theory more than dismisses it . Having 'nothing' enables a socialist dependent state - dependent on external forces.
I would disagree with IQ question.
One key factor is, that Jews have always formed closed communities, inside which they supported each other. That is a good receipe for success,
... actions of a society with higher IQ's.
Ashkenazi Jews (studies range from 104 to 115; the IQ of Sephardic Jews is estimated to be the same as Northern Europeans) 110
IQ is the scientific measure we have of intelligence, thereof the only one we can use
( a societal group measure , not as predictor of individuals -that is a incorrect use of the tool.).
Thanks for the comment.
There was certainly a socialist element in the early jewish communities in Palestine. A fair amount of jews were desillusioned communists that had fled from the Stalin terror in the Soviet Union. One clearly communist brain child were the Kibbuzim, the early jewish settlements.
But I don't see a big master plan behind all that. It was certainly not the intention of the British to loose control in Palestine and get involved in a civil war, ending with the need to withdraw from there.
And keep in mind, before WW2 the USA did have almost no role in the middle east, unlike today.
I think the whole IQ thing is overrated.
It is always a advantage to have the support of a community, thats basically how the human race has developed.
That its not a IQ related thing, is shown by the fact that it works for all kinds of people. Just as a example: the Freemasons and the Mafia, or student associations. Its always good to have connections and backup in rough times.
that' snot an argument against the legitimacy of IQ without knowing the IQ's in any said group first.
Agreed - to what extent this is IQ related is not known.
Clever people see the benefits of group security...
(seeing the benefits of this proposition - is conceptual in it's nature - concepts reside in the realms of higher IQ's)