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One in five young Americans thinks the Holocaust is a myth - The Economist

Our new poll makes alarming reading

On December 5th, for over five hours, lawmakers grilled the presidents of elite universities in a congressional hearing about antisemitism on college campuses. In one of the testiest exchanges a Republican congresswoman, Elise Stefanik, asked whether “calling for the genocide of Jews” violates university rules. It is “context-dependent”, replied Liz Magill, the president of the University of Pennsylvania. Clips of the exchange went viral on X, formerly Twitter. Yad Vashem, a Holocaust museum and research centre, issued a condemnation and stressed the importance of “raising awareness about the history of antisemitism and the Holocaust”.

A new poll from YouGov/The Economist suggests that Yad Vashem has its work cut out. Young Americans—or at least the subset of them who take part in surveys—appear to be remarkably ignorant about one of modern history’s greatest crimes. Some 20% of respondents aged 18-29 think that the Holocaust is a myth, compared with 8% of those aged 30-44 (see chart). An additional 30% of young Americans said they do not know whether the Holocaust is a myth. Many respondents espouse the canard that Jews wield too much power in America: young people are nearly five times more likely to think this than are those aged 65 and older (28% versus 6%).

Now for the harder part: why do some young Americans embrace such views? Perhaps surprisingly, education levels do not appear to be the culprit. In our poll, the proportion of respondents who believe that the Holocaust is a myth is similar across all levels of education.

Social media might play a role. According to a 2022 survey from the Pew Research Centre, Americans under 30 are about as likely to trust information on social media as they are to trust national news organisations. More recently Pew found that 32% of those aged 18-29 get their news from TikTok. Social-media sites are rife with conspiracy theories, and research has found strong associations between rates of social-media use and beliefs in such theories. In one recent survey by Generation Lab, a data-intelligence company, young adults who used TikTok were more likely to hold antisemitic beliefs.

Though young Americans’ views are most stark, antisemitism is rearing its head in other demographic groups. The same YouGov/The Economist poll found that 27% of black respondents and 19% of Hispanics believe that Jews have too much power in America, compared with 13% of white respondents who say so. Whatever the reasons, the polling is alarming.

white people and arabs working overtime trying to make the samson option a reality

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There would be no Samson option if whites and arabs were wrong about the Jews, yet the fact it exists reveals Jews for what they are.

They definitely lied about what went down tbh. Just like how they lied about 9/11 and covid.

You have to be mentally enslaved to believe the holocaust went down exactly like they claimed.

dogcrack cannot keep getting away with this!

Wonder if the moon landing % is higher or lower

no official story is true but woodn't the russians mog us if it were false lol

Surprised at how close the polls are, exaggerated should have more, hoax should have less. Arent they the same question, just presented slightly more charitably?

Why must we care only about Holocaust? There are so many atrocities that have taken place and currently being perpetrated. Why do we not learn about those? Is it antisemitic to ask that question?

thats the one pro of this stupid war, is people will look into it more.

How ironic, Jews keep pushing for open borders and race-mixing. They flooded this country with brown people. MSNBC/CNN/ABC?WaPo/etc advocated for brown people like AOC, Ilhan Omar, Ayana Presly, Jamaal Bowmen, etc

... and now those brown people are siding with the Palestinians.

In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't affect Jewish power that much, since brown people and overwhelmingly lower IQ and will never pose any significant threat to Jewish interests.

But one really has to wonder if they ever foresaw brown people being so vocal with their anti-Jewish rhetoric.

When a dutch guy told me Anne Frank didn't even exist, after I had climbed up those stairs, I was rustled as fuk.

That's a new one - I've heard ppl suggest her father just wrote it for the shekels, but never heard that she didn't exist.

Why were you rustled, did you see her ghost in that attic?

Haven't heard that one before.

Yeah a guy who worked in a local bakery told me that while he lol'd at me. Who nose, tho?
The queue was way too long for what it was, the house itself didn't look like an original 1940s building... something was off about it.
The Anne Frank house queue actually made me late for an even longer queue to see the Rijksmuseum.

When everything is antisemitic, then might as well go all the way. That has to be the most abused word in the history of the English language.

Holocaust did happen, but no where near the Jewish claimed figures, probably a fraction of it, and only to the worst of them, ie. Those who refused to work productive jobs, those who refused to work on Sabbath, etc. If they lied less and told the truth, it would be more believable, but 6 gorillion is too absurd.

Also, even compared to 6 gorillion, exponentially more Slavs died, at much worse conditions too. Don't see any memorials to them. Same for gypsies and homosexuals. All we must talk about is Jews, and ignore everyone else.

Hitler was the most evil man in human history - he half assed his job and let them get away with all these lies. He should have done it for real.

I'm alarmed and disgusted by the wave of anti-semtism on here. Posting the below to condemn, not because it made me lol (because it didn't, because I condemn)

It’s pretty sad lol

I'll vote for the candidate that allows open season on jews and chinese.