Andrew Schulz Presents Theory of Anti-Semitism to Bari Weiss: ‘If the Economy’s Flourishing, Nobody’s Even Thinking About Jewish Conspiracies’
Comedian Andrew Schulz presented a theory to explain rising anti-Semitism during a recent appearance on Honestly with Bari Weiss.
“The perception of Jews is that they’re other . A lot of times, like, the only time a person is interacting with a Jew is if it’s like their lawyer or their fucking, like landlord or something like that. So it’s also like this not exactly friendly position, right, for a lot of people,” said Schulz. “And the fact that Jews don’t try to make more people be Jewish, imagine you’re a devout Christian and all you want is these people who aren’t going to go to heaven to go with you. And every Sunday they’re like, ‘We got to get more people to go to heaven.’ And then these Jews come around and they are the richest people in your little community, and they don’t really hang out with that many people, and they don’t want you to go to heaven that bad. Their heaven. What is your perspective on them?”
“Right? You’re like, ‘What the fuck do they got?’ So this is not saying it’s right. I’m just saying emotionally where people go. But as long as people can eat, and they can pay their rent, and eggs aren’t fucking $24, nobody’s really trippin’. There’s this like ambient feeling towards Jews-” he continued.
“Which is what?” asked eponymous host Bari Weiss.
“Which is what I just described: a little suspicion, a little like other, like a little like-, And I think it’s not too dissimilar to like — and I said this outside — but like how people feel about like the Rockefellers, or the Vanderbilts, or like any kind of like, legacy American name. You’re just like, ‘They got a lot of money, and they control some shit, and they’re doing it just for them, and I’m not in on that,'” argued Schulz. “So I feel like it’s a very similar feeling, but then you have to add biblical shit to it. There’s no biblical shit added to the Rockefellers, or the Kennedys, or these people, right? Technically, they’re on your team religiously. Jews don’t have that. Second you can’t afford shit, and the Jews still look like they’re making money, and they’re doing okay. You’re like, ‘What the fuck?’ That ambient light gets brighter. The ambient sentiment gets brighter. I think if the economy is flourishing, nobody’s even thinking about Jewish conspiracies. I don’t even think they’re caring about it.”
“So it’s like the combination of low trust, resentment, what I’m calling resentment, which is like, ‘Why are these people successful and I’m not?’ Whether it’s placed or not, whether it’s misplaced or not misplaced?” asked Weiss.
“I don’t even think they care about success, because I don’t think they chalk it up to actual success,” replied Schulz. “Like I don’t think they think that, like, you’re working hard.” I think that they think it’s because you’re-”
“It’s ill-gotten gains,” suggested Weiss.
“It’s Vanderbilt, it’s Kennedy,” agreed Schulz.
