Did Mr. Global Really Just Blame Gas Prices on the Torah?

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Did Mr Global Really Just Blame Gas Prices on the Torah?

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In this video, I react to a claim that tries to explain high gas prices, Middle East policy, and American support for Israel by pointing to one thing: the Torah.

But is that actually political analysis?

Or is it an example of something much older and much more dangerous: reducing complex political problems to a single group, a single religion, or a single story?

As someone who studies political psychology, I wanted to unpack the logic behind the argument.

We discuss:

• Why gas prices are influenced by global markets, wars, production, and geopolitics—not a single religious text.

• Why politicians make decisions based on power, incentives, strategy, money, and electoral interests.

• The difference between criticizing a government’s policies and blaming an entire religion.

• How scapegoating works psychologically.

• Why simple explanations are often the most emotionally satisfying—and the least accurate.

Whether you agree with me or not, I think these conversations matter.

Because the way we explain problems shapes the way we solve them.

Let me know what you think in the comments.