Not even 100 years later, and we're already arguing about what he was trying to say. You can read about the time and circumstances that Einstein grew up in, bu

Not even 100 years later, and we're already arguing about what he was trying to say. You can read about the time and circumstances that Einstein grew up in, but you didn't experience it, so you will always be missing some essential context. Trying to parse this without more background is foolishness. This was written at the beginning of WWII. What stage exactly, who had just been invaded or annexed is not really important. Every observant person in Germany saw something terrible coming since before Hitler came to power. Most were in denial until it was much too late to do anything, but it was definitely something people were talking about. [0]> The first major law to curtail the rights of Jewish citizens was the "Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service" of April 7, 1933' Einstein saw well qualified people kicked out of their positions for being of the wrong racial background. I think you would call out low intelligence and character if you lived through this era. In 100 years, the most of today's references, euphemisms, and dog whistles will not be understood either. 0. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/anti-jewish-legislation-in-prewar-germany https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/anti-jewis...