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It's worth remembering though that Einstein was a german jew during Hitler's rise to power. Seeing the very worst of human qualities exposed via the military system can certainly make one less than objective.

Of course, I'd like to think that he realizes that the same system he abhors ultimately crushed that evil, but sometimes emotion can run deep. He wasn't immune to human feeling.



and yet despite seeing the horrors of national socialism, Einstein still supported socialism. http://www.monthlyreview.org/598einstein.php


There is a difference between socialism and nazism. I'm not sure if they teach that properly in the good 'ol US of A, but I assure you this is a fact.


well socialism is a broader term. national socialism is a specific kind of socialism. simply because the nazis happened to be particularly aggressive socialists doesn't make them non-socialists somehow.




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