How Zionists Implanted Their Dream in Einstein

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How Zionists implanted their dream in Einstein

by Nima Shirazi on April 29, 2012
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"If you will it, it is no dream." - Theodor Herzl, Altneuland (1906) The 2010 film Inception explored a world in which the subconscious mind may be infiltrated, manipulated, subverted and deceived as a form of corporate espionage. The general method of such criminal activity was to enter into a shared dream-space (sometimes a dream within a dream) with the targeted individual and extract a vital piece of information from their mind. But the really impressive - and nearly impossible - task was not to extract information but to implant an idea so deep into a subject's subconscious that it germinated on its own and fooled the target into believing that this idea was genuine and spontaneous. As described by one of the film's characters, "You need the simplest version of the idea - the one that will grow naturally in the subject's mind. Subtle art." While broad concepts can be suggested to the target's conscious mind, the feat of inception is achieved by going deeper and deeper into levels of the subconscious (dreams within dreams) so that those concepts may be translated by the target's subconscious mind and fed back to him/herself. That way, the target "gives himself the idea," which, we are told, is "the only way to make it stick. It has to seem self-generated." Successful inception, therefore, is essentially a perfected form of brainwashing and propaganda. It forces someone to be fed an idea that they would not have otherwise generated by a self-interested second party in such a way that the target is wholly unaware that the idea - an idea then acted upon and which would change the course of one's life or belief system - is not his or her own. It is a foreign idea foisted upon the target by external forces but disguised as one's own. Writer-director Christopher Nolan came up with the concept for the film in 2001 while, in his words, "exploring the idea of people sharing a dream space-entering a dream space and sharing a dream. That gives you the ability to access somebody's subconscious. What would that be used and abused for?"
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But Nolan was not the first to tread such ground. In fact, the exact concept of inception had been articulated in an almost identical fashion about eight decades earlier by a leading Zionist recruiter Kurt Blumenfeld. Blumenfeld was the secretary of the German Federation of Zionists from 1909 to 1911 and the secretary general of the Executive of World Zionist Organizations from 1911 to 1914. In April 1921, he enlisted Albert Einstein, whose scientific theories had made him somewhat of a international celebrity and one of the world's most recognized and respected Jews at the time, to travel to the United States alongside WZO president Chaim Weizmann to help raise funds to to establish the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Before the trip, Blumenfeld wrote to Weizmann, warning him about Einstein's personal feelings about the Zionist cause:
"Einstein, as you know, is no Zionist, and I ask you not to try to make him a Zionist or to try to attach him to our organization... Einstein, who leans to socialism, feels very involved with the cause of Jewish labor and Jewish workers... I heard...that you expect Einstein to give speeches. Please be quite careful with that, Einstein...often says things out of naivet which are unwelcome by us."
It was not so much "naivet," but Einstein's opposition to nationalism that worried Blumenfeld. The renowned scientist overtly opposed the creation of a "Jewish State" in Palestine and spoke often of the importance of Jewish cooperation with indigenous Palestinian Arabs, rather than the colonization of them. Einstein biographer Ronald W. Clark explains the shrewdness with which Blumenfeld, who knew that for Einstein "Zionism and Palestine were only peripheral concerns," brought the eminent physicist into the Zionist fold:
Utilizing him for publicity purposes was thus a delicate matter and "was only successful if I was able to get under his skin in such a way that eventually he believed that words had not been put into his mouth but had come forth from him spontaneously."
Thus was Blumenfeld's own conception of inception - the subtle manipulation of religious/cultural affiliation to help raise money for the Zionist cause - clearly articulated. Similarly, in response to Inception's main protagonist Dominick Cobb's explanation that because "the subconscious motivates through emotion, not reason...we have to translate the idea into an emotional concept," his associate Arthur wonders, "How do you translate a business strategy into an emotion?" The answer, at least for Blumenfeld, was obvious: hasbara. But Einstein, to put it mildly, was no fool. He had no illusions as to why he had been asked along on this fund-raising tour. Shortly after agreeing to join Weizmann, Einstein wrote to his friend, Romanian mathematician Maurice Solovine:
"I am not going entirely willingly to America, but I am doing so only in the interests of the Zionists,
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who are obligated to ask for dollars for education in Jerusalem, and on this occasion I am to play the role of a little tin god and a decoy."
As longtime Einstein expert Fred Jerome reminds us, he also wrote,
"Of course they don't need me for my abilities but only because of my name [which] they hope will have a fair amount of success with the rich kinsmen of Dollar-land."
Though the trip was a success and Einstein did not at all regret undertaking the task, the fundraising tour offered him a glimpse of the true face of American Zionism. Upon his return to Germany, he sent a letter to his close friend, physicist Paul Ehrenfest, in which he lamented that, in certain circles of affluent Zionists, "a high-tensioned Jewish nationalism shows itself that threatens to degenerate into intolerance and bigotry; but hopefully this is only an infantile disorder." Tragically, that infantile disorder remains the guiding force behind Zionism and the racist, discriminatory and violent policies of Israel today.
About Nima Shirazi Nima Shirazi is a political commentator from New York City. His analysis of United States foreign policy and Middle East issues is published on his website, WideAsleepInAmerica.com, and can also be found in numerous other online and print publications. Follow him on Twitter @WideAsleepNima. View all posts by Nima Shirazi
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radii says:
April 29, 2012 at 2:59 pm
this is one of those examples where a writer exceeds his subject matter the post essentially says Einstein was willingly used for a time to use he celebrity status to raise money, okay but we got a lot of high-highfalutin over-analyzing of the lame movie Inception (in my IMDB review I called it Insiption) and some ultra-arrogant claim by this guy Blumenfeld that he could somehow plant a thought/belief into Einsteins brain (yeah, and Schrdingers cat is writing Shakespeare in that box until we look) not sure the reason for this article
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Nima Shirazi says:

April 29, 2012 at 3:45 pm
Youre welcome.
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Annie Robbins
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April 29, 2012 at 4:38 pm
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i, on the other hand, loved it. ;) the rich kinsmen of Dollar-land !!! yowza.
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marc b. says:
April 29, 2012 at 6:06 pm
im with you radii, so far as the film goes. inception was a big budget excuse to slap together a matrix/'bourne/'oo7 horseshit sandwich, each level of consciousness revealing another action blockbuster. i go to the movies about 3-4 times a year at most, and wadda waste of 7 bucks and three hours that was. but i take nimas more serious point, although it needs a bit more development.
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David Samel
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April 29, 2012 at 4:59 pm
I share radiis dislike for the movie (Nolans Memento was much better) but Nimas post is otherwise fascinating. I would add that the Zionist effort to co-opt the great Einstein continues unabated today. They love to point out that he was offered the presidency of Israel even though he turned it down and was non-racist to the core, valuing cooperation over conquest.
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Antidote says:
April 29, 2012 at 9:58 pm
non-racist to the core? I disagree. Einstein in Berlin, during the Weimar years, displayed major ethnocentrism, you can read about it here link to ebookee.org
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DICKERSON3870
April 29, 2012 at 5:08 pm
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RE: Successful inception, therefore, is essentially a perfected form of brainwashing and propaganda. It forces someone to be fed an idea that they would not have otherwise generated ~ Nima Shirazi MY COMMENT: I am reminded of Homeland Security! SEE: 10 things you might not know about security measures, By Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer, Chicago Tribune, 4/08/12 (excerpt) 1. Before the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, hardly any American used the word homeland. Yet President George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security, upsetting writers such as Peggy Noonan, who thought it sounded too Teutonic: It summons images of men in spiked helmets lobbing pitchers of beer at outsiders during Oktoberfest. She and others unsuccessfully* suggested Heartland Security, Homefront Security and Mainland Defense. . .
* To elaborate, the neocons in Cheneys office and at the Pentagon succeeded in having it named Homeland Security. Why were they so determined to introduce the concept of the homeland into the American vernacular? Where else in the world had the homeland concept been used (besides Nazi Germany)? What were the neocons
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trying to associate (perhaps via transference and/or similar techniques) the U.S. with in the minds (at least subconsciously) of Americans and perhaps other Westerners?
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DICKERSON3870
April 29, 2012 at 5:15 pm
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P.S. NOTE: What Does Homeland Mean to You?, by Ronald Bailey on July 19, 2007 I was getting my daily dose of NPR this morning when Morning Editions listener letters segment came on. One comment from Linda Lewis from Branson, Mo., really resonated. She was complaining that when NPR interviewed Homeland Security advisor Frances Townsend about the new National Intelligence Estimate that the interviewer had bought into the language of protecting the homeland. Ms. Lewis complained: I wasnt alive during World War II, but I associate the homeland with Nazi propaganda. Its fascistic and offensive. She prefers U.S or America. For me, too, the word homeland conjures a kind of antediluvian primitive nationalism (tribalism) based on blood and soil , not a people united by their devotion to political ideals like liberty and free speech.
SOURCE link to reason.com AND LISTEN TO: HOMELAND IS A NAZI TERM (AUDIO, 37:44) The origins of this term are discussed at length in this Paul Craig Roberts interview on the Thom Hartmann show. Program contains an audio clip [at about 13:30], taken from a Nazi rally, that is an example of how the term was used (in German). LINK link to a1135.g.akamai.net AND WATCH: Rudolf Hess opening speech (English Subtitles), [VIDEO, 04:00] link to youtube.com In this four minute clip from the film Triumph Of The Will, Hess is speaking at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally and introduces the Heimatland (Homeland) concept that he and Hitler had devised during the writing of Mein Kampf while they were in prison together at Landsberg as a consequence of their convictions for involvement in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. As Hess explains it (at about 3:05), Hitler is creating a homeland for all the ethnic Germans of the world wherever they might happen to live (not just those residing within the borders of Germany). As translated by the subtitles, Hess says (as if speaking to Hitler): Thanks to your leadership, Germany will be attainable as the homeland. Homeland for all Germans of the world. And be certain not to miss Hess eroticized passion for der Fuhrer at the conclusion of the clip.
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Antidote says:
April 29, 2012 at 8:38 pm
Dickerson: Heimat and Heimatland are German, not Nazi terms. The Nazis spoke German. You can argue that they used or imprinted existing German words and concepts in ways that went beyond previous meanings but you cant argue they invented them. That is as true for Heimatland as it is for Lebensraum. On the concept of Heimat since the 18th century see link to books.google.ca
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Antidote says:
April 29, 2012 at 11:43 pm
And be certain not to miss Hess eroticized passion for der Fuhrer at the conclusion of the clip. You mean when he yells Sieg Heil!? The Nazi rallying call, Sieg Heil! was inspired by American football cheerleading techniques, supposedly imported by
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his friend Ernst Hanfstaengl, who studied at Harvard. Hanfstaengl was so impressed by the rousing qualities and camaraderie inherent at American sporting events, that he passed this on to Hitler, who would in turn seek to emulate the atmosphere at his rallies. link to military-history.org link to guardian.co.uk
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Antidote says:
April 29, 2012 at 9:02 pm
Where else in the world had the homeland concept been used (besides Nazi Germany)? Wiki lists the Soviet Oblasts, South African Bantustans, and the Homeland Movement in Australia, as well as Homeland Security Obviously, alternatives to homeland listed in this article Fatherland, Mother Country would sound archaic and sexist. The Roman term Patria is loaded as well (Imperialism, Militarism). link to en.wikipedia.org
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libra says:
April 29, 2012 at 5:54 pm
This movie sounds very similar to Phils bizarre dinner party in New Haven, complete with a very weird dream. What could possibly have been implanted in Phils subconscious? The plot thickens.
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Hostage says:
April 29, 2012 at 9:21 pm
What could possibly have been implanted in Phils subconscious? The plot thickens. It was red wine and Japanese whiskey, fer sure.
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Daniel Rich says:

April 29, 2012 at 6:32 pm
I am of the [firm] belief that Einstein wouldnt have come up with anything substantial had he not worked at a Swiss patent office and be married to t/his brilliant wife Mileva. I know I must be one of the very few people who doesnt look up to the guy, but my gut instinct tells me somethings fishy here and over the years Ive learned to listen more to my guts and less to my brain.
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Klaus Bloemker says:

April 29, 2012 at 9:49 pm
- So, Kurt Blumenfeld of the Zionist Organization of Germany coached (?) Albert Einstein into the Zionist cause? Kurt Blumenfeld was in line with the Nazi ideology. He believed Germans and Jews were two different people who should stay apart. At a Zionist Congress in Frankfurt in 1932 he warned his fellow Jews not to transcend the boundary between German and Jewish culture. It is neither our right nor our business/mission to shape the German culture, he said. The Zionist Organization of Germany promoted the emigration of German Jews to Palestine and of course, the Nazis approved of that and supported it. In 1934 the German government had a coin printed with the Star of David on one side and the swastika on the other side. A Nazi publication praised the young pioneers of Palestine .
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anonymouscomments
April 30, 2012 at 12:24 am
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when einstein comes up i have to link to this or just whenever, cause it is such an amazing 1948 editorial, signed by einstein and other prominent US jews. link to physics.harvard.edu talks unflinchingly of the fascist terrorist menachem begin, mentions deir yassin, and jewish terrorism (even jew-on-jew terror), and the fascist roots of begins party (likud being a descendant of this party). .those were the days. if we could only get the NYTimes to quote itself, let alone report like it used to. MW on using the (old) NYT to refute the (current day) NYTlink to mondoweiss.net
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Klaus Bloemker says:

April 30, 2012 at 12:50 am
I shouldnt say coin. It wasnt currency. It was a token with the Star of David on one side and the Swastika on the other that was distributed at newspaper stands along with the Berlin Nazi paper Der Angriff/Attack (founded and published by Joseph Goebbels) that ran a series of articles called A Nazi goes to Palestine.
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