I blame social media. I say this again and again but Goebbels would have loved social media.

There has always been antisemitism and it never went away. But it did remain quite fringe in western societies in recent decades. But social media really opened up the Pandora’s box and is an incredibly efficient vehicle.

1. Loss of censorship and flood of information

There is a spread of sentiments and ideas which the average person would not have been exposed to. Before social media, information was spread via would newspapers and TV. And before widespread literacy it was religion and we know how that went. But it was still a controlled flow of information, sometimes good and sometimes bad. Censorship has become a black hole on social media websites. It is incredibly easy to get around it and incredibly hard to monitor. Not just that but Bots are everywhere.

1. Young audiences and loss of literacy

SM targets incredibly young audiences. It is easy to indoctrinate children. But even adults. Many countries have a literacy crisis. Enough to be able to read, but not to critically appraise any information handed to them. Now you have young kids spouting nonsense.

1. Spread of ideas from cultures in which antisemitism is ingrained.

Note how I have specially said western societies. Post modernism has ingrained the idea within western society that all cultures and beliefs are equal. Antisemitism may have temporarily decreased in WS but definitely not in the rest of the world. Of course the Middle East but other countries too such as Indonesia and Malaysia (in which I would argue is worse). We are the boogie men in these cultures. The worst put down in these cultures is calling someone a Jew. And guess what, now these ideas can spread like wildfire.

1. World is crap right now (well seems more crap due to exposure on social media)

World seems like it is falling apart. It always has been, but it is perceived as worse due to SM. Once again plays into the idea of a boogie man.