One of the things that seemed odd as I was looking at immigration patterns to the US over time was that very, very few Jews moved to the US in the 1930s as Hitler ramped up antisemitism in Germany.
Where did they go?
The went to France and Denmark and Poland and other nations that were over-run by the NAZI or crushed by the Soviets six-to-ten years later. Most of them did not run far enough.
History rhymes
It appears that the New York Democrats are in the midst of a major pivot from "Israel is genociding the poor, innocent Palestinians who support Hamas" to "Hamas is a terrorist organization" and "Hate has no place in NYC".
The abrupt reversal is causing whip-lash in political observers and major questions revolve around "Why? Why now?".
One possibility is that Jews know what happened to the Jews who were in denial and who stayed in Germany. They died.
They also have the institutional memory of what happened to the Jews who did not flee far enough away from the storm. They died.
The wealthy Jews in New York City are putting their homes and businesses up for sale and moving. They are not moving to Long Island, Scarsdale or White Plains. They are not moving to Connecticut or New Jersey. Nope. They are moving to Florida, Texas and the Carolinas.
Just 15 months ago that would not have been a huge issue for the New York Democrat machine. They still had funding spigots originating in US AID and other Federal agencies with lackadaisical oversight. Much of that cash-flow dried up.
With that no-strings-attached cash gone, the Democrats actually have to be responsive to their donors just as those donors are flocking to the exits.
Human nature is responsive to change. The US auto industry, for instance, was not responsive to their core customers in the 1960s because they thought they had a lock on the US market. The Japanese came in and ate their lunch. People will take their spouses for granted and then are surprised when the spouse cheats or leaves them.
The Democrats took their major funding sources for granted and now some of those funding sources are abandoning New York City and New York State and the metastasizing WOKE implosion.
The lesson in this for us is that if you have to leave a location due to political instability...make a big jump. Don't stop at the city limits or the county line. If you live where breakfast is always served with bagels then don't stop until the menus list waffles or grits as the default side.
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In 2019 the city of Seattle, Washington implemented a higher minimum wage than required by the state of Washington
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There were other factors: Covid shutdowns and Antifa activities, for instance. But one can argue that the draconian shutdown rules and the tolerance for Antifa activities were simply other manifestations of the creeping Marxism in Seattle.
I concur. I used to live in a suburban area of WNY. Moving 'further out into the country' wasn't going to ameliorate the issues we were facing. Had to move 800 miles to get away from it.
ReplyDeleteThe group you're talking about is a very special case, however. Out of respect for our host I won't say it, but at the very least, it should be acknowledged we're not talking apples to apples, when comparing anyone else to them.
Not surprised to hear of New York residents deciding to re-locate now. Add in the Mandami elected and his main focus and it is no wonder people are deciding NY right now is not the place to be.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that when the people fleeing the high tax states for greener pastures, they bring their politics with them. They demand all the benefits and social programs they left behind. Pretty soon, the paradise they moved to becomes much like the place they left.
ReplyDeleteWe don't want them in our state. I'm sure Florida and Texas don't want them either.
Ditto: my red state is going to turn blue because of all the "we escaped" voters (though I suspect it's an intentional gambit by the Dems)
DeleteJoe, it seems to me politics have always been follow the Benjamen's.
ReplyDeleteBut is it only the "Legacy Democrats" doing the sudden "Hamas BAD" thing?
What is the Islamic Socialists aka Mandami and Company doing?
What is the "Squad" Democrats saying?
Seems a rather sharp divide inside the "Democratic Party" going on for a couple of years. For a while I thought Schumer was going to be "retired" by the more leftist socialist democrats.
It looks like Mamdani and Sandy Cortex pivoted as well
Delete"few Jews moved to the US in the 1930s ...
ReplyDeleteThey went to France and Denmark and Poland"
Palestine immigration visas available for Jews at the time were never fully taken up.
I can well understand why an educated, urban German Jew wouldn't want to become an agricultural labourer on the desert's edge, surrounded by people who were bound to come to hate him. But they'd have been safer there. Isn't hindsight wonderful?
Redux of Exodus. Fleshpots of civilization vs scrounging for your next meal in the desert.
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