Jewish prominence grew inversely with their real power and with nation-state stability
Evidence
The point about the Jews themselves is that they grew prominent and conspicuous in inverse proportion to their real influence and position of power. Every decrease in the stability and force of the nation-states was a direct blow to Jewish positions. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 832
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- XREF: The inverse relation between visible prominence and real power is a mechanism transferable to how minority groups become conspicuous exactly as their actual position weakens.
Related
- Jewish prominence rose as their actual power and state stability fell. (similarity 0.94)
- A stable state’s need for them kept Jews a separate protected group (similarity 0.81)
- Growing national credit pools displaced the Jews’ exclusive financial role (similarity 0.78)