What is simple, is that post the holocaust, many had the realization that such a klap from Hashem must mean something was wrong… Perhaps it caused some to reevaluate some of these positions. Others, like the Satmar Rebbe (yes, we know he is the greatest ohev yisroel ever as well) decided to hunker down in their past opinions. Sadly today, we see the failure of the Satmar system, which in NY is the primary driver of the tremendous anti-yeshiva movement of the NYS Education Department. Sticking with a worldview that holds back their followers from being productive members of society, and instead being some of the largest takers of welfare, against the dictates of chazal, has clearly led to a full scale attack on all Yeshivos, even those that do meet their obligations to provide the necessary skills in this day and age for their students to go on and get jobs if they choose.
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