Antisemitism could link domestic and foreign policy methods but early pan-leaders missed it.

Evidence

Our previous analysis has brought us, however, to the conclusion that the true role of the sophisticated, theoretical forms of antisemitism lay not so much in its capacity to foment the antagonist practices of the masses, as in its unique link with the social-engineering designs and ambitions of the modern state (or, more precisely, the extreme and radical variants of such ambitions). — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 230 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Antisemitism was first deployed as a deliberate instrument of foreign policy disruption; Theoretical antisemitism matters through its link to state social-engineering ambitions. — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 230

Broader Connections