I wanted to be with you alone And talk about the weather

Here are some of his major points:

The individual and society form a symbiotic relationship. A healthy individual needs a healthy society and a healthy society needs healthy individuals.

Capitalism undermines democracy by concentrating wealth into the hands of an economic elite, which in turn funds a political elite to represent its interests in government. The ultra-rich also control the media and educational systems to manipulate public opinion and prevent free thought. (Here Einstein is pre-empting Noam Chomsky and Ed Herman’s propaganda model).

Capitalism’s profit motive entails human needs going unmet to satisfy human greed.   

The “worst evil” of capitalism is the crippling of individuals, which begins in school where an exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student.

STUDIO GHIBLI + CATS

My Neighbor Totoro (1988) The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) Whisper of the Heart (1995)  The Cat Returns (2002) Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

STUDIO GHIBLI + CATS

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) The Cat Returns (2002) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Whisper of the Heart (1995)