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[โ€“] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Hey history buffs: why did Einstein flee to the US when he believed this? Why not flee to the USSR?

[โ€“] thefartographer@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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.

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