Re:The World As I See It - An Essay by Einstein
by nazgulnarsil on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @03:57PM
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and yet despite seeing the horrors of national socialism, Einstein still supported socialism.
http://www.monthlyreview.org/598einstein.php
Re:The World As I See It - An Essay by Einstein
by run4yourlives on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @06:20PM
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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.
Re:The World As I See It - An Essay by Einstein
by nazgulnarsil on Wednesday March 04, 2009 @05:20PM
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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.
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.