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Maybe it's easier to understand the bitterness knowing that Einstein was a Jew forced to flee Germany after 1933 due to the "masses" which democratically (!) br
by rob74 3y ago
Maybe it's easier to understand the bitterness knowing that Einstein was a Jew forced to flee Germany after 1933 due to the "masses" which democratically (!) brought the Nazis to power. Although I think there is also something to be said about those who manipulate the "lower-intelligence masses" to their purpose...
- LargeTomato 3y agoThe masses must be manipulated. The world is too complicated for most people to make a rational decision and they need guidance. This has always been the way it works. It's a symbiotic relationship. Everyone in society contributes and societies often rely on intelligent individuals for guidance. Take, for example, a hypothetical workers union in a coal mining town. Those people probably have union lawyers and decision makers staffed with the smarter people who make the decisions. It's literally a media trope: old, salty coal miner encourages his son to get educated and leave coal mining. Son gets educated, comes back, contributes to the miners in his own way.
- thadt 3y agoIt is interesting to point out that that while the Nazis did come to power democratically, they didn’t actually have a majority of ‘the masses’. Turns out that a strong enough minority that is willing to change the laws and leverage fear can turn the herd.