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no_hypocrisy

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7. Reverse Einstein.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 08:19 AM

Yesterday

Albert Einstein self-exiled from Nazi Germany in order to both prevented persecution (if not death) and to continue his scientific research. Out of all the countries he could have fled to, he chose the United States.

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