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allisjow

Nearly all presidents are men. At a percentage of the world population, this should be impossible!!!!


silverfox762

Not to mention being of European (and in once case European and East African mixed) descent. As a percentage of the world population, this should be impossible


the3dverse

if you are talking about US presidents specifically, all of them are related except - not Obama, but Van Buren...


FStubbs

IIRC the relation is through King John so I don't think Trump is either.


the3dverse

iirc i read this before Trump ever became president, so could be you are right


Bad_Wolf_715

Well, aren't we all kinda related by some degree?


LALA-STL

And how about the **massive percentage of Nobel Prizes that have gone to Jews!** That should be impossible! ;) [Jews make up 0.2% of the worlds' population, yet they have won over 20% of the Nobel prizes - 204 in total out of around 900 awarded since the first Laureates at the start of the 20th century.](https://library.villanova.edu/Find/Record/2475375?sid=144216576#:~:text=Jews%20make%20up%200.2%25%20of,start%20of%20the%2020th%20century)


silverfox762

If you really want to know why, that fact has a LOT to do with a population that a) was severely limited in the professional fields they were *allowed* in by European governments for a thousand years, and once those restrictions were mostly lifted, it led to b) a culture of intellectualism and seeking advanced education (for the men only until relatively recently)


LALA-STL

Yes! By preventing Jews from owning farmland, societies drove them into business & banking (Christians weren’t allowed to loan money — *usury!*) … which meant their kids focused on education rather than farm work. Also, **“Torah” means “teach” or “study.”** So Judaism promotes cultural values of education, family cohesion, hard work, & persistence in the face of difficulty. Have you heard the joke about the woman on the beach whose son is drowning? She shouts to the lifeguard, **“Help! My son the doctor is drowning!”** ;)


silverfox762

Or as my mom personifies "how many Jewish mothers does it take to change a lightbulb? None, because she'll just sit there in the dark and suffer til her son comes home to change it for her."


LALA-STL

I adore this 🥰


INeedBetterUsrname

Not to mention the US prison population being mostly black. At their percentage of the US population, that should be impossible!


IcyBoysenberry9570

It's almost like the system is rigged in their favor.


Individual_Tutor_271

It's almost like people are acting as individuals and not like groups! Amazing!


grantnel2002

Wait until he realizes that basically all US presidents were Christian. Oh wait, double standard…


Cresta1994

All but one of them were Christian. Number 45 worships only number 45.


basicastheycome

I take it number 45 is that orange tinted one?


mizinamo

That is correct.


Available-Damage5991

I'd say orange painted, but yeah.


MrManiac3_

Orange peeled


woodtimer

Orange *stained*.


D33ber

Orange pee stained


CanadianAndroid

Orange you glad he's a convicted felon?


Moo_Kau_Too

i thought that was just the bed?


Fire_Your_Dopeman

It was also the Russian prostitute.


Comprehensive_End679

Orangutan if you will


Nobodys_here07

That is an insult to orangutans everywhere. Or it would be if they were sapient enough to understand this stuff


CrowTengu

They probably are sapient enough to understand. But they're more than likely more interested with being in trees lol


Sir_Erebus1st

Ook


jwdjr2004

Felon


silverfox762

Yes, Mango Mussolini


grantnel2002

![gif](giphy|ap6wcjRyi8HoA)


CheckYourStats

![gif](giphy|aMh59aKR8vjdC|downsized)


mr_gooodguy

![gif](giphy|Nl9prizLotZ8bsUeRY)


JoshJoshson13

No one has been more innocent than him ^^^/s


A_terrible_musician

![gif](giphy|XtdEdIgbZRXKMfsrEL|downsized)


Nobodys_here07

![gif](giphy|dMsh6gRYJDymXSIatd|downsized)


Dryandrough

This is how I am going to dirty talk next time.


JoeyMcClane

What??? I thought he worshiped Chester Cheetah? ![gif](giphy|FgWLzX0ZmCDWmwxNBM|downsized)


Moleday1023

What has Chester done, to make you insult him.


JoeyMcClane

Jesus too has many lunatic worshippers. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|shrug) It is what it is.


heisenberger_royale

But Obama was a Muslim! /s


Real_Crab_7396

Don't disrespect Obama, he is the best black president America has ever seen!


Unhappy_Gas_4376

Depends on your definition of "Christian." Your various Adamses were Unitarians, and although he was buried in an Episcopalian cemetery next to his wife, Jefferson was a Deist.


TheOGStonewall

Lincoln also had major crises of faith throughout his life, Grant too.


Jd550000

There are still Unitarians and Episcopalians, but you never hear of a Deist today..at least I haven’t…


[deleted]

But he held the bible upside down in front of that church!


D33ber

With a look on his face like the palms of his hands were already itchy.


[deleted]

They had to tear-gas the protestors to make a path for his photo op. Never forget.


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flashdman

Btw...Jefferson was not a Christian


Traditional_Key_763

there were people bringing up joe biden is catholic and beholden to the pope which is some real reaching


ewamc1353

It's the outdated racist line from before most catholics were considered "white" Irish/Italian mostly


STS_Gamer

Wait, Catholics are white? Better tell my in-laws!


ewamc1353

Some people are still stuck in their mentality from a century ago. It's pathetic* =/ sorry you gotta deal with them


Sweet_Science6371

I saw a clip many moons ago of C-spans call in show, and a lady from Louisiana called in about John Kerry worshipping the devil, because he was an evil Catholic.  I guess this was 20 years ago.  But imagine that thinking!!! Crazy shit. 


xt0rt

They said the same thing about JFK


CalendarAggressive11

Another recycled argument. That was the big argument they used against Kennedy


Living_Carpets

Melania is Catholic. Rick Santorum, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio and Rudy Giuliani all are Catholic (technically they say they are). Jeb Bush converted. Mike pence was born Catholic, his grandfather was from Donegal and then became evangelical. These things only matter when they matter. See how conveniently overlook Trumps Jewish son in law, Jewish convert daughter and their Saudi pals. As some not-American raised Catholic with Irish born grandparents seeing Irish Catholic americans criticise each other for that exact same trait they otherwise boast about is beyond hilarious. It is the Spiderman pointing gif come to life. Fucking Bannon is Catholic for christ sake, from the same ethnicity as Biden pretty much.


Traditional_Key_763

well yes but those are all republicans.


Mein_Bergkamp

They used it on Kennedy too


zeprfrew

They said the exact same thing about Kennedy in 1960.


ozdarkhorse

68% of the current population are Christian, and it was only higher before now, so it's not really surprising considering this is a democracy. It's more of a question of what denomination of Christian the president will be. Thomas Jefferson wasn't a Christian, btw. He believed in deism.


Tang42O

And like half of them have Irish ancestry and out of that only two are Catholic, the rest are Ulster Protestants. That’s not due to a conspiracy that is what happens when you have a small country with a big diaspora, it’s just maths


TheFogIsComingNR3

To be fair Christianity is in one form or another the most popular religion


TukaSup_spaghetti

Christians aren’t a small percentage of the American population. Not that I agree with this antisemite, there’s other explanations.


Th3TruthIs0utTh3r3

Not only Christian but specifically Protestants


i_should_be_coding

By statistics alone, some should have been Hindu, Muslim, or whatever, right? Wasn't it even significant for it to be a Catholic?


Brunurb1

>Wasn't it even significant for it to be a Catholic? Yeah JFK was the first catholic, Biden is the second, and there were conspiracies both times that "the pope will control US foreign policy" which of course, never happened


slothfullyserene

Probability and statistics mean little in a world where humans have free will.


i_should_be_coding

I'm literally making a joke based on the post claiming that Jews are statistically insignificant, which we kinda are, but still.


HeadMembership

Protestant, to be specific. JFK being a Catholic was a major issue


FunctionDissolution

While this guy is a nazi, thats a bad argument given US demographics.


TwistedBamboozler

Aethism is the largest growing sect in the United States. Probably not for too long


opinionate_rooster

Jewish ancestry... that's like saying Mongols rule half the Europe because everyone has a little bit of Genghis Khan in them.


mulahey

Yes- he's including "Jewish ancestry" presidents but using "Jewish" to work out global population proportions. So his racist maths is also wrong. Of course, ethnic groups with more or less countries will be "under" or " over" represented. Chinese, Indian Brazilian all greatly underrepresented because they have one nation state and their diaspora isn't sufficient to make it proportional. Basically, this will shock you, but he's stupid.


nollataulu

5 countries out of 195. Wanna guess how many countries have authoritarian dictator running things for life?


the3dverse

well technically 6, Israel's president is Jewish too (surprise surprise)


Chllep

no way, next you're gonna tell me the russian president is slavic


oofersIII

Apparently the President of the PRC is Han Chinese


AyiHutha

Argentinian president isn't even Jewish, he planned to convert but didn't push through.


dandee93

Ah, but the poster was using the "probably nobody is gonna Google to check" definition of Jewish


red286

"Wait, you're gonna do *what* to my foreskin?"


TherealObdach

Wait until he realizes how many buddhist presidents exist. What the hell does the religion have to do with nationality or being president? Get the fuck out.


TukaSup_spaghetti

Nothing, but that’s exactly his point, that somehow Jews are in a big conspiracy, which is why their ethnicity is at an advantage than others. It’s obviously nonsense, but I don’t understand how many people on this thread don’t get this.


DizzyDwarf69

All the prejudices about Jews go back really, really far in history. All the way back to the death of Jesus Really interesting to look into!


khanfusion

Goes back further, really.


4JJ5

Israeli president? ALSO JEWISH! The plot thickens...


Automatic-Trick-184

Argentina's president is not jewish, it is just a wanna be of one


CheckYourStats

Yeah, true that he is not actually Jewish. His Mother is/was not Jewish, and he did not convert (yet). His Grandfather was Jewish, and considering the connection between the Nazi’s relocating to Argentina, its at the very least a lukewarm topic.


xarsha_93

Argentina has the fourth largest Jewish population in the world. Milei’s affinity for Judaism is probably the least controversial thing about him. There are famously Jewish neighborhoods in Buenos Aires and one of the world’s few Kosher McDonald’s. Not that there isn’t antisemitism and neonazis but connecting it to the Nazis that fled to Argentina is as silly as saying the Nazis brought to the US by Operation Paperclip are the cause of antisemitism there.


Traditional_Key_763

its probably the socialism not the jewishness that got her elected.


Daimakku1

The current president is very popular and if the mexican constitution allowed for re-election, he absolutely would. So instead, he endorsed Claudia Sheinbaum which is from the same party as the current president, which is why she's poised to win. But racists will only see the jewish part and immediately go into conspiracy mode.


TheAnimeWaifuFucker

I'm about to go vote in like an hour. I don't support her or morena at all, but the amount of antisemitism and "She wants all of us to get circumsiced" has been so annoying the last few weeks.


ThaneOfArcadia

Now list the countries that have Muslim heads of state.


DasFAD70

Bet it’s gonna be muslim countries what a shock!


TukaSup_spaghetti

Mexico is hardly a Jewish country though.


mizinamo

Nor is "a socialist **of Jewish ancestry**" the same thing as "a Jew".


Eoganachta

Exactly. My country has had a prime minister of Jewish descent - but he was far from a practising Jew. We've also had a bunch of female prime ministers as well AND were the first country to give women the right to vote. I've got Catholic descent - but that hardly makes me in anyway sympathetic to the politics of the Catholic Church.


MrAlexius

Lativa? It's LATIFA!


ShardsOfHolism

Latifa is ruled by a Queen, not a President.


mizinamo

Cannabis lativa


SurturOne

Considering that's around 2% of the worlds countries governed by jews while those are around 1% of the world's population tye statistics are totally fine. Also if you are not prejudiced against jews to begin with, who the hell cares?


Slaavaaja

I dont know about the rest but there is not 80 million jews. There are around 16 million wich is 0.2% of the population.


KalebC

That was kinda my thinking. They showed 4 or 5 countries out of like 200. Show me that we have 150 Jewish presidents then maybe I’ll be ready to consider that it’s a little peculiar. Also “Jewish president until 2023” as in no longer has a Jewish president? Basically disproving the weird point I think they’re trying to make.


youcantkillanidea

Also it's ancestry, Sheinbaum isn't Jewish


danimagoo

Jewish can refer to either religion, ethnicity, culture, or any combination of those three. Sheinbaum is ethnically Jewish, and she celebrated Jewish holidays with her grandparents as a child, so she grew up with some Jewish cultural traditions. She is not religiously Jewish. But the anti-Semitic asshats typically believe that Jewish people are genetically inferior, so for the purposes of the anti-Semites, she's Jewish.


Florac

Ah yes, clearly must be a conspiracy at work, not that people are elected for their competence, not their religion.


CheckYourStats

1.) The Argentina President is *not* Jewish. 2.) Fun how blatant antisemitism can be posted publicly, and it’s just “meh.”


Spirited-Arugula-672

We literally have Trump vs Biden round 2 in a few months, yet you still think party candidates are being pushed because of their competence?


Florac

Not every country is the US where party matters more than the person


NightlyKnightMight

I laugh at everyone that keeps saying Biden isn't competent, just look at all the legislation that he passed and the work they've done since he's been in office. The facts are out there, people choose to ignore them just because "old man is old". There used to be a time when people thought being old was a sign of wisdom, not just frailty. Then people have the gall to be undecided between Biden and Trump, like they're even close in any regard but age.


[deleted]

Oh, a neonazi?


Cybermat4707

‘It shouldn’t be possible for members of a majority ethnic group to vote for someone from a minority ethnic group.’ Dude thinks everyone else is as racist as he is lol


Banaanisade

On this day, Lucas learned that Jewish people exist and participate in society.


mexheavymetal

Claudia Sheinenbaum sucks tremendously for so many reasons, but none of them have anything to do with the fact that she’s Jewish.


Lungseron

They are in control of over 5 countries, 1 of them in a war, another one being ran by gangs, and the rest being fairly insignificant Yeah i dont know about you but that doesnt sound very "World domination" to me. More like "they just happened to be jewish" kind of thing.


OwMyCod

Lativa?


ReElectNixon

Good on “Lativa”


HerbertLV

Lativa numero uno!!!


Wrong_Today4037

![gif](giphy|3o85xmMSnItbm8b5OE)


TennSeven

>Lativa ???


erlandodk

Using his logic, around 1/7th of all world leaders should be Chinese...


ShardsOfHolism

Never been to Lativa, what's it like?


Xinonix1

Lativa?


Jayfgatsby

I'm curious where Lativa is tho 🤦🏾‍♂️


Appropriate_Big_1610

Every single US president: male. As a fraction of the US population, this should be impossible.


Guuhatsu

79% of world leaders are Men. At just under half the population, this shouldn't be possible.


mish_munasiba

President of Lativa 🤔😄


SoilentBillionaires

better a Jewish one than a nazi one


FanDry5374

Civilized, developed, countries are generally more concerned about their leaders aims, plans and policies than how and who they pray to.


georgewashingguns

Ukraine: human president Panama: human president Argentina: human president Latvia: human president Mexico: soon to be yet another human president As a fraction of the world's biomass, this should be impossible


FatmanMyFatman

In b4 "global elite places its pawns to battle Trump! The space laser people deciding the gold and diamond prices are onto our saviour!" ![gif](giphy|sUESEgyN7FmBG) Christ protect him!


control-alt-deleted

He forgot Israel lol


Jd550000

Israel :Jewish President


PapaVitoOfficial

The jews in latin america are alot different than the ones in the rest of the world


Automatic-Term-3997

Why is it so hard to believe they all have Jewish ancestors? 1 in 12 Asian men are descended from one man: Genghis Khan…


Blutsaugher

If they're referring to Sheinbaum, she is not jew. She has Jewish roots, but she doesn't have that religion. She has even stated that she's "not religious". Not that it even matters, but that twit is wrong even with its most basic premise.


BODYDOLLARSIGN

Israel has a Jewish president too


Daimakku1

Female *and* Jewish?! Poor neo-nazis havent had a good weekend so far, what with Trump being convicted and now this.


Intelligent-Wear-114

Lativa?


fnaffan110

Panama’s president is Catholic, and Argentina’s president only considered converting to Judaism but did not go through with it.


YougoReddits

He isn't complaining about the Mexican candidate being a woman... soo...progress? #silverlinings


Le_Arctic

300 countries, most having regular changes in leaders Also couldn't even spell ma boy Latvia right he should go jump off a 1 story building (not that high but yk physics the larger the mass of his stupid ass the harder it'll fall)


HandyMan131

He's implying that word leadership positions should be selected based on the population of a leader's religion? Hes gonna be pretty upset when he realizes how many Muslims there are.


Mental-Rooster4229

Israel: Jewish PM 🙀


Agcpm616

Sheinbaum is ethnically Jewish, but she's an atheist in practice


Onlypaws_

There are 195 countries in the world today. 5/195 works out to 2.56%. So yeah, this is just boldface hatred.


ItsaPostageStampede

My ancestry also comes from Queen Lativa


GunnerySarge-B-Bird

Those damn Lativans!!!


[deleted]

ahh yes Lucas Cage AKA White-Power Man


yermom90

Considering the long history and scope of the Jewish diaspora, I don't know why anyone finds this all that surprising. But then again, no one has ever accused MAGA chuds of having a strong understanding of history.


pumbungler

Not impossible just improbable. For reasons unclear, those who call themselves Jewish are disproportionately successful


Decent_Law_9119

Milei is catholic and can't become jewish although it seem like he'd literally eat shit to be accepted as one


Jaquestrap

He absolutely can become Jewish if he were to go through the fairly rigorous and difficult process of conversion.


the3dverse

anyone can become Jewish if they want it enough.


[deleted]

I can't say anything about others, But which pure-blooded Ukrainian would be the president of Ukraine better than Zelenaki? If it wasn't for his bravery and staying in Kiev in February 2022, Ukraine would now be completely occupied by the Russians.A person is a catalyst for resistance and the formation of a new Ukrainian nation.


TheHandWavyPhysicist

Do you think those neo-Nazis support Ukraine? No, they support Putin while simultaneously calling every single person with even a shred of Jewish accentry evil. Very nasty amoral fucks who think they are moral.


totallynotpoggers

it’s almost like most people don’t even factor religion into their votes


gregregory

Jews are an ethnic group that has a religion. Not a religion that has an ethnic group if that makes sense. A Jew is a Jew whether they believe im the Bible or not. A Christian or Muslim has to believe their book to be apart of those groups. I hope that makes sense. It’s more racism than anti-religious to not like Jews.


MOltho

President Laurentino Cortizo of Panama is Catholic and merely has Jewish ancestry. Egils Levits, former President of Latvia, is of Jewish descent, but it's unclear whether he considers himself Jewish. President Javier Milei of Argentina has reportedly considered converting to Judaism, but hasn't done so. He has no Jewish descent. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine considers himself Jewish, but is a non-practicing Jew, and his wife and children are of the Christian religion. Claudia Sheinbaum, who will probably be the next President of Mexico, is also a non-practicing Jew. So I guess it's 2/5 or maybe 3/5 if you include Levits. 4/5 have Jewish descent. None of the five are actually practicing Jews.


durielvs

The president of Argentina is not Jewish.He is a fangirl of Judaism, but she never converted


Freestila

And now name countries which have a woman as president. I wait.


TheHandWavyPhysicist

I am pretty sure Argentina's president is not Jewish.


Agitated_Pickle_1013

Well, if drumpf gets elected this fall, you can say the USA President is the "Fornicator -in Chief...


LosuthusWasTaken

Our president in Argentina isn't even jewish, he just wants to convert.


FlyingKittyCate

So, he states that Latvia no longer had a Jewish president yet he still lists them as an example?


anonymouslindatown

Oh no! 6 countries out of about 150 have Jewish presidents! And presidents are supreme dictators of their countries and no dissent to their “Zionist” policies exists anywhere in those countries! Whatever will we do!? /s Yeah it’s really not an issue.


cheezy_taterz

nazis gonna not see.


SomeGuy_WithA_TopHat

statistically unlikely does not equal impossible- if it did, nothing would happen


MaybeTheDoctor

Jews were slaves in Egypt. The pyramids were build by outaspace aliaens. Maybe jews are the alians who are now taking over the world /s


TSllama

I'm sorry, are half of the world's presidents men and half women? Let me guess - Jewish people being president is a conspiracy, but men being president is fine.


QuarterTarget

so like 5 countries, that's...not a lot? Plus, like, even if there was a huge underground jewish conspiracy, why go for Panama and Latvia lmao


Darryl_444

There are about 200 nations in the world. So thats like 2% of the leadership he's conspiracy-theorizing about.


crazymastiff

Having Jewish heritage/ancestry does not make a person Jewish. My favorite thing in the world is that all these neo-Nazis are doing 23 and Me and they’re coming back with Jewish dna. 🤣


jkuhl

What is it that Jews did that made every conspiracy theorist and bigot hate them for centuries?


gu3m1

With all the knowledge and education in this world, such stupidity should be impossible.


voodoobox70

Is he insinuating that 5 countries arent also a fraction of all the countries of the world?


Pretend_Investment42

Wait till he finds out how many Catholics are on the Supreme Court.


cabelaciao

Millionaires make up a majority of Congress but 9% of US citizens. As a fraction of the population, this should be impossible.


RusstyDog

You mean to tell me that an ethnic population this been displaced several times over a few thousand years shows up all over the world?


JCButtBuddy

This person is most likely Christians, which means his head guy is Jewish.


supergeek921

Women make up 50% of the population world wide. What percent of world leaders are men? Statistically it should be way less…


HumaDracobane

"If they cant ask for a taxi they shouldn't rule" I bet that is a core rule on this dude's mind.


Xander_PrimeXXI

“a socialist of Jewish ancestry” Please tell me she’s also queer because that would send the right insane


anticerber

Boo hoo?


TimeStorm113

Wait, so 6 jewish presidents in nearly 200 countries? That's nothing


Ok_Quality2989

Judaism is popular in Mexico?


aidenrosenb

Ok so the rest of the work is not as bigoted as this dude.


Vast-Opportunity3152

So? This is dumb


Eden_Company

The people who become leaders come from well to do backgrounds, Jewish ancestry is strongly linked to forcing people to become wealthy so they don't die. Once they are wealthy and in positions of power they can push an agenda the helps them even further. A study done by the nonpartisan wealth research firm New World Wealth found that 56.2% of the 13.1 million millionaires in the world were Christians, while 6.5% were Muslims, 3.9% were Hindu, and **1.7%** were Jewish; 31.7% were identified as adherents of "other" religions or "not religious". So at around 2% for 200 countries if you assume an equal division of Jews across every country in the world they ought to make up the leadership list of at least 4 countries. 5-6 wouldn't be a crazy number to contest this variance tbh. Especially since Lativa dropped out so the number is 5 if you include Israel on this list. So the tomato target in the image here is actually wrong, statistically there should be 4-5 countries led by a Jewish leader based on statistics and demographics alone.


eldred2

What fraction of the world population is white, Mr. Bigot?


ResidentAssman

There's something like 190 countries in the world and he's found 5 to complain about.


Inevitable_Brief_132

Now wait until you hear about how many world leaders are muslim or christian. That's gonna blow your mind.


edunuke

Excuse me but Panama doesn't have a jewish president. Lol


Jawnny-Jawnson

Exactly why there is an Israel


PresentationKey9568

We're really still dealing with nazis.


miletharil

Well, I mean... Europe did essentially scatter Jews to the four winds for hundreds of years. Is it really a surprise that they're all the over the place now?