Hoover tapped his phones. The Birchers alleged he was a communist. But no one had the smoking gun evidence that he was a bent on subverting capitalism.
"and I tell you if this country does not see its poor" is quite telling but also poses a real moral question. To what extent are the rich responsible only to the poor of "this country" as opposed to poor who inhabit this planet. Effective altruism is clearly tilted towards the latter. And globalism and free trade, arguably, have done far more to improve the lives of the truly poor, across countries, than any redistribution efforts within a rich country. It's a question supposed progressives shy away from but it's important to be honest about the outcome they desire.
Today is one of my favorite days, because we get to see politicians (usually Republicans) trot out the one MLK quote they know, and totally ignore everything else the man stood for.
There's some interesting commentary about how to measure poverty in the U.S. giving wildly different numbers. By the classic measure the poverty rate was around 25 percent before JFK/LBJ and is now 12 percent. I look forward to Matt's commentary on this in the future.
I am truly confused as to what white supremacy culture is. The DEIA consultant that “trained” me said America is a white supremacy culture. I would have liked to ask questions but was afraid for my job. I have often heard people say that one party or the other made them afraid. I can say I know what that feels like now. The Democrats made me fear that if I spoke up…I would lose my job. Let’s not act like the DEIA training is not wholly a Democratic Party thing…it is. I will remember that fear when it comes time to vote.
It’s unfortunate because I want to help the poor but Democrats (and young people in general) have abandoned the poor in favor of the identity politics that they mandated that I get trained in.
I may not like everything he proposed, but if he had lived he would have tried to shift our attention away from our obsession with “race” and “racism” back toward incomism and classism. Could you imagine what he would have thought of college dorms for blacks? Probably not rejected CRT entirely, but taken a saner approach to it.
Well, We will never know whether is economic justice program would have succeeded.
My view as a student of strategy and strategic theory is the MLK was one of the greatest strategists of the 20th century and America has not produced one of comparable skill since in any domain.
One point I get out of the article written before MLK’s murder involves the need for some kind of mass movement to put pressure on the political class. We’ve had some strong right wing movements since Roe v. Wade and only a few on the other end of the spectrum. It’s almost as if left wing politicians were afraid of the people they purported to represent
Hoover tapped his phones. The Birchers alleged he was a communist. But no one had the smoking gun evidence that he was a bent on subverting capitalism.
Until he quoted the Gospel of Luke.
"and I tell you if this country does not see its poor" is quite telling but also poses a real moral question. To what extent are the rich responsible only to the poor of "this country" as opposed to poor who inhabit this planet. Effective altruism is clearly tilted towards the latter. And globalism and free trade, arguably, have done far more to improve the lives of the truly poor, across countries, than any redistribution efforts within a rich country. It's a question supposed progressives shy away from but it's important to be honest about the outcome they desire.
Today is one of my favorite days, because we get to see politicians (usually Republicans) trot out the one MLK quote they know, and totally ignore everything else the man stood for.
There's some interesting commentary about how to measure poverty in the U.S. giving wildly different numbers. By the classic measure the poverty rate was around 25 percent before JFK/LBJ and is now 12 percent. I look forward to Matt's commentary on this in the future.
I am truly confused as to what white supremacy culture is. The DEIA consultant that “trained” me said America is a white supremacy culture. I would have liked to ask questions but was afraid for my job. I have often heard people say that one party or the other made them afraid. I can say I know what that feels like now. The Democrats made me fear that if I spoke up…I would lose my job. Let’s not act like the DEIA training is not wholly a Democratic Party thing…it is. I will remember that fear when it comes time to vote.
It’s unfortunate because I want to help the poor but Democrats (and young people in general) have abandoned the poor in favor of the identity politics that they mandated that I get trained in.
I may not like everything he proposed, but if he had lived he would have tried to shift our attention away from our obsession with “race” and “racism” back toward incomism and classism. Could you imagine what he would have thought of college dorms for blacks? Probably not rejected CRT entirely, but taken a saner approach to it.
Well, We will never know whether is economic justice program would have succeeded.
My view as a student of strategy and strategic theory is the MLK was one of the greatest strategists of the 20th century and America has not produced one of comparable skill since in any domain.
One point I get out of the article written before MLK’s murder involves the need for some kind of mass movement to put pressure on the political class. We’ve had some strong right wing movements since Roe v. Wade and only a few on the other end of the spectrum. It’s almost as if left wing politicians were afraid of the people they purported to represent