Thanks Keit for providing this interview as it condenses a lot of information without which one can not make sense of the situation that we find ourselves in today.
One of the most important pieces of information Shahak gives us ,I think, is the fact that the Jews were at the service of the rulers and were socially above the peasants. Now add to this the Talmudic teachings about Goys vs. the Chosen Ones and you have a
ticking bomb of abuse.
Jews made up to 40% or higher of the town populations making them very visible as to their privileged status relative to native population. This then led to them dominating local commerce. Their dark dress style created an additional sinister effect which only compounded the effect of "otherness". As the Jews were the most common business people the natives interacted with, all this was recipe for a lot of "friction". Business involves price discovery which can be anything but fair, especially if a weak party is involved. One can only imagine what possible schemes were used to maximize profit for the business man as opposed to the peasant. Now propagate this behavior over centuries and you have a "dog and cats" situation.
Often (if not exclusively in some regions) Jews were given concessions to run various businesses ,especially alcohol, as the nobles owned the land but were not in general interested in everyday business activity. The peasant whether he liked it or not was tied to the land owned by the lord (peasants were "property"). The peasant families had shopping needs and these were satisfied by the local village shopkeeper/tavern keeper (in the East one large house).
Booz
Now add to this the fact that Jews were the ones running taverns/shops in village/towns. Jews in turn were the people with big money (relatively speaking) closest to the peasants. A tavern in turn implies alcohol which the peasant was not allowed to produce. Alcohol implies hard drinking (my guess) as there was no other recreation. Then you have the Jewish theology of the "chosen ones" viewing the peasants as being there for the benefit of the Jews. To make a bigger profit means "encouraging" clients to drink more. Hard drinking implies you drink more than
you can afford. So how does that chain of circumstances end ? Peasant owes money. Not to the Lord but to the local shop/tavern keeper who happens to be not a Russian, Pole, German but a Jew. From there things can only get very ugly creating an explosive mixture which will quietly build up pressure over the centuries.
I don't want to over generalize but that is the picture that I developed for myself over the years of reading. What Shahak offers in that video interview is information that would require considerable effort of searching out (hit and miss) as this narration is not in general the common offering.
I love the part where IQ is discussed. I watched Shahak eyes roll a bit (35:50) when Channer mentioned the findings that Negros are not as "successful" as their average IQ is lower than that of the other groups. My though was that Shahak saw through this mistaken conclusion. I can not be sure what he thought. But if I was there I would have had a very simple reply to that observation. Take those high IQ people and stick them in the middle of the jungle in Africa. Then watch and see if they get out. Give those hight IQ people a hammer, ax, saw and nails and see if they can build you anything. Better yet, see if they can cook you a dinner and do your laundry.
What is doubly interesting is the fact that Shahak
in 1994 is pointing out a trend which has created the current success we see in East Asia. The Chinese and Japanese students doing better at the universities than their counterparts (and the high IQ Jews) resulted in the fruits of this hard work that we see Today. This is observation by the "better part" is brilliant.
From 23 min. the discussion addresses racism, xenophobia and antisemitism. Shahak is of the opinion that "modern racism" was irrational (27:00) and we don't know its cause. Well I will offer one explanation for this "modern racism" which may have escaped Shahak's attention, "Eugenics Movement". This is a product of the super rich Rockefeller. Topic way too long to discuss here but something that did spill into Europe and was a driving force of what happened during WW II.
Eugenics
USA is a creature of a Eugenics Experiment even though it was not consciously called that when it was being carried out. Proof, the Indians (untermensch) are gone.