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Cadzao Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

The jews were why

Dos Passos wrote:

"One thing he [Henry Ford] brought back from his trip was the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. He started a campaign to enlighten the world in the Dearborn Independent; the Jews was why the world wasn't like Wayne County, Michigan, in the old horse and buggy days."

Could you please explain to me the blue sentence?

Thank you.

Cadzao
  

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The Jewish teachings (the Protocols of the Elders of Zion) made popular by Ford, contributed (in author's opinion) to the fact that the world (in Michigan and elsewhere) moved away from the old patterns/ways, when the horse and the buggy were the standard.

— Marius Hancu

  • The Jewish teachings (the Protocols of the Elders of Zion) made popular by Ford, contributed (in author's opinion) to the fact that the world (in Michigan and elsewhere) moved away from the old patterns/ways, when the horse and the buggy were the standard.
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The Jewish teachings (the Protocols of the Elders of Zion) made popular by Ford, contributed (in author's opinion) to the fact that the world (in Michigan and elsewhere) moved away from the old patterns/ways, when the horse and the buggy were the standard.
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What's odd about this is that Henry Ford was a rather acknowledged anit-Semite. I'd like to see the more full context for that.
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Thank you, Marius Hancu.

But could you please tell me a little bit more about what the semtence means. What do you mean by "the standard" in "when the horse and the buggy were the standard?"
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Hello, Grammar Geek. How are you?
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The standard: the usual/normal thing.
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Could it be that the horse-and-buggy days in Mitchigan were recalled as an example of old and pure America? That would agree with the Ford antisemitism - of course, it doesn't go well togheter with the ford modernism...
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ZeppeCould it be that the horse-and-buggy days in Mitchigan were recalled as an example of old and pure America? That would agree with the Ford antisemitism - of course, it doesn't go well togheter with the ford modernism...
That's a good point.
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One thing he [Henry Ford] brought back from his trip was the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. He started a campaign to enlighten the world in the Dearborn Independent; the Jews was why the world wasn't like Wayne County, Michigan, in the old horse and buggy days.

This could mean:

The influence of Jews in the world at large, but not in Wa
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