"Antisemitism is the socialism of fools" ( German: "Der Antisemitismus ist der Sozialismus der dummen Kerle") is a statement regarding the idea that Jewish "wealth" and "power" is the source of social injustice. [1] According to British historian Richard Evans, it was probably coined by Austrian left-liberal politician Ferdinand Kronawetter, but is commonly attributed to the German social democrat August Bebel and sometimes to Karl Marx. [2] The phrase was in wide circulation among German social democrats by the 1890s. [3]
"Antisemitism is the socialism of fools" ( German: "Der Antisemitismus ist der Sozialismus der dummen Kerle") is a statement regarding the idea that Jewish "wealth" and "power" is the source of social injustice. [1] According to British historian Richard Evans, it was probably coined by Austrian left-liberal politician Ferdinand Kronawetter, but is commonly attributed to the German social democrat August Bebel and sometimes to Karl Marx. [2] The phrase was in wide circulation among German social democrats by the 1890s. [3]