“Since the real purpose of socialism is precisely to overcome and advance beyond the predatory phase of human development”

—Albert Einstein, “Why Socialism”, Monthly Review (1949-05)

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What Einstein criticizes is the form of rule that has existed for the last 8,000 years, namely patriarchy. After slavery and feudalism, capitalism is only the most recent form of patriarchal economic exploitation in history.

If Einstein’s demand were followed, no one would ever build an atom bomb again, for example!