Albert Einstein: The Innovative Thinker
It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving and every man may take comfort from the fine saying that the search for the truth is more precious than its possession. 468 Have I known the Germans would not succeed in producing a bomb I never would have lifted a finger 485 The only salvation for civilization and the human race lies in the creation of the world government as long as sovereign states continue to have armament secrets world wars will be inevitable. Einstein Essay “Why Socialism?” The essay argues that unrestrained capitalism produced great disparities of wealth, cycles of boom and depression, and festering levels of unemployment. Encouraging selfishness instead of cooperation and acquiring wealth rather than serving others. People were educated for work rather than for a love of work and creativity. And political parties became corrupted by political contributions from owners of great capital. A socialist economy, he argued, would guard against ...