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Why Socialism? is a good read (lemmy.ml)
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Why Socialism?

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

In his early 20s, the region that would become the USSR had performed a number of pogroms and mass murderers in the name of blood-libel. Post WWI, Bolshevik started to become a bit of a dog-whistle for Jews, which got amplified through WWII, and then fed back into anti-Bolshevik/antisemitic beliefs.

As a proud, yet incredibly hypocritical Jew, I'm sure Einstein had seen enough antisemitism coming from that region that it likely played some sort of a role in his decision.

Also, this is an assumption.