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Were Oppenheimer and Einstein socialists? (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

Einstein was. He wrote an article literally called Why Socialism? Oppenheimer I’m less sure of, but after watching the recent biopic and reading a bit more I’d be willing to bet he was sympathetic at a minimum, possibly more so but just less public out of fear of losing his job.

Wild how well educated people end up socialist 🤔

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