..........the latency of the magnetic field that limits the speed of light. Apparently, the propagation of the electric field is much faster. (The three main properties attributed to the aether are permittivity, permeability and the impedance of "empty space." (As if "empty" has qualities. Qualities=Not empty)

Einstein's folly is that he reifies time. Time is not a substance, it is not a particle. He has conflated the mere passage of time with the time delay between transmission and reception of radiant energy, otherwise known as the speed of light. His attempt to explain the situation by placing an undefined time scale upon an additional axis, which must duplicate one of the Cartesian coordinates of space, is non sequitur.