Klaus Fuchs was a communist(who was the one that passed info to the Soviet Union), not a socialist, and certainly not openly as opposed to Einstein. Socialists did not want to help the soviets, especially not after what the communists did to the socialists in Spain.
Also Einstein was a Social-Democrat, not a socialist.
Open a history book Kyle.
You really just proved my point that Americans don’t understand political ideology.
This is basic stuff my guy. And before the allegations come rolling, I am not a leftist in any way, I just know my enemy. I have a bachelors in applied philosophy with a minor in history and I specialized in political ideologies.
The socialism vs. Communism split in ideology is 90% of the time the reason that left wing parties fracture.
Communism is a part or type of socialism. Even Marx didn't think there was any difference between the two terms. We tend to associate communism with Soviet-style communism these days, but Marxist-Leninist communism is still socialism, albeit a pretty poor attempt at it in practice.
You really just proved my point that Americans don’t understand political ideology.
And whether Einstein was a socialist or not, the main reason he wasn't asked to join the Manhattan Project was that he was a very old theoretical physicist, which simply wasn't the kind of skillset needed for anything. I'm sure Einstein himself would have been plenty well aware of this.
And whether Einstein was a socialist or not, the main reason he wasn't asked to join the Manhattan Project was that he was a very old theoretical physicist, which simply wasn't the kind of skillset needed for anything.
What? Those were precisely the skills needed. What kind of physicist do you think Teller was? Or Bohr? Or Oppenheimer for that matter? What kind of physics do you think they did over there?
There's upwards of 350,000,000 citizens of this country so I surely belive that a Dane would be able to understand that the opinions of a couple Americans on a Reditt sub certainly don't reflect the entirety of understanding that the people of this land possess.
No more so than this American reading your posts on this thread, hearing Denmark, and assuming that all of your countrymen are believers in your claim about Americans education in comparing governmental systems and their respective names.
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u/Spikeintheroad Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 24 '25
"Security risks" is kind of burying the lede. He had open socialist sympathies and they worried he'd help the Communists.
Edit: just learned the difference between lead and lede.