IMO Dr. King’s dream of a peaceful race-neutral nation of equal opportunity is dead. But maybe his speech can re-ignite it.
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We have gotten to the point that equal access to education, jobs, full participation in the economy and more is not satisfactory. That is what MLK fought for. Now all of that must fundamentally change because such things are seen as a product of white supremacy and oppression. We watched this shift in real time over the last several decades. We didn’t stop it because??? I don’t know. I have my opinions. I hope we can course correct, but probably not in my lifetime. We knew better.
@myteamisonthefloor
We have gotten to the point that equal access to education, jobs, full participation in the economy and more is not satisfactory. That is what MLK fought for. Now all of that must fundamentally change because such things are seen as a product of white supremacy and oppression. We watched this shift in real time over the last several decades. We didn’t stop it because??? I don’t know. I have my opinions. I hope we can course correct, but probably not in my lifetime. We knew better.
MLK was a Marxist. He had some good things to say about race equality. But equal access was never his end goal.
@myteamisonthefloor
We have gotten to the point that equal access to education, jobs, full participation in the economy and more is not satisfactory. That is what MLK fought for. Now all of that must fundamentally change because such things are seen as a product of white supremacy and oppression. We watched this shift in real time over the last several decades. We didn’t stop it because??? I don’t know. I have my opinions. I hope we can course correct, but probably not in my lifetime. We knew better.MLK was a Marxist. He had some good things to say about race equality. But equal access was never his end goal.
I’m pretty sure he was Baptist
@myteamisonthefloor
We have gotten to the point that equal access to education, jobs, full participation in the economy and more is not satisfactory. That is what MLK fought for. Now all of that must fundamentally change because such things are seen as a product of white supremacy and oppression. We watched this shift in real time over the last several decades. We didn’t stop it because??? I don’t know. I have my opinions. I hope we can course correct, but probably not in my lifetime. We knew better.MLK was a Marxist. He had some good things to say about race equality. But equal access was never his end goal.
I’m pretty sure he was Baptist
He was a Baptist Marxist. Never officially embraced Marx, because of the Baptist thing.
But shared all of Marx’s critiques of capitalism.
MLK was probably a democratic socialist, of the ilk of the 60s, not today's version.
https://www.dsausa.org/blog/saving-martin-luther-king-jr-and-others-from-the-capitalist-memory-hole/
Highly doubtful, though, that he would sign on to Marx's version. For one, MLK wouldn't have agreed with his philosophical materialism. Two, MLK would have rejected Marx's atheism. Three, MLK was not a supporter of violent revolution. Four, I don't think there is anything in MLK to suggest he'd support a dictatorship of the proletariat.
MLK was probably a democratic socialist, of the ilk of the 60s, not today's version.
Not to be conspiratorial, but King wasn't killed until after he started advocating for economic justice, not just civil rights.
MLK was probably a democratic socialist, of the ilk of the 60s, not today's version.
Not to be conspiratorial, but King wasn't killed until after he started advocating for economic justice, not just civil rights.
I gotta call BS on that.
The whole point of civil rights and non-discrimination was economics. The “dream” speech was about cashing the “insufficient funds” check.
Right. The stated constitutional authority for the civil rights act was the commerce clause. Civil rights was always inextricably attached to economics.