The seduction of this antisemitism, in the words of Sartre, is that it is a form of Manichaeism that “explains the course of the world by the struggle of the principle of Good with the principle of Evil.” In such a world, the Evil Jew controls the levers in all aspects of society.

It is this evil that allows the “Good” antisemite to be “impervious to reason,” in the words of Sartre. How can the antisemite expect be responsible to reality when faced with such evil? These windmills must be slayed.

More devastatingly, Sartre, in his timeless definition of the antisemite, wrote that the “antisemite is not too anxious to possess individual merit. Merit has to be sought, just like truth.” It is far easier for that painter, for a Candace Owens, to seek esteem in mediocrity and the irresponsibility that it permits.

Sartre strips the anti-Semite further: “He chooses the irremediable out of fear of being free; he chooses mediocrity out of the fear of being alone, and out of pride he makes of this irremediable mediocrity a rigid aristocracy. To this end, he finds the existence of the Jew absolutely necessary. Otherwise, to whom would he be superior?”

That right there is the fear of the weak-minded who spread their poison through our great nation built on the notions of freedom and merit. Most of all, the antisemite is a tribal being who defines his self and esteem by the “other.” And for too long, we have permitted ourselves to indulge in tribal politics and we should not be surprised when the antisemite joins in.