• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    If you want to understand why Europe didn’t like Jewish populations, it’s because for centuries Christianity didn’t allow charging another Christian interest.

    The lords would borrow money from Jewish lenders to pay for wars since Christians couldn’t loan with interest, and when the lenders wanted repayment the lords would declare a pogrom.

    Graeber’s “Debt: The First 5,000 Years” goes into this in a bit of detail about 2/3 of the way through.