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2000 Years of Hate: How Christianity, Islam & Judaism Built the Algorithm of Antisemitism

Armin Lange, Kerstin Mayerhofer

We think modern hate is a glitch caused by social media. But what if the blueprint for toxic 'us vs. them' division was written on ancient parchment? This video dives into a groundbreaking academic volume by Armin Lange and Kerstin Mayerhofer that dissects the psychological and theological roots of antisemitism from three major faiths. Discover how social identity theory reveals that our need to belong is wired to our need to exclude. We trace the dark code from the 'replacement theology' of early Christianity, to the 'falsification' accusations in Islam, to the academic 'laundering' that turned religious prejudice into 'scientific' racism. See how Martin Luther’s 1543 blueprint for persecution eerily predicted the Nuremberg Laws, and how modern extremists still weaponize ancient texts. This is not a history lesson—it's a hard look at the identity algorithm that keeps repeating. You'll never look at your phone—or your sacred texts—the same way again.