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Jeg's avatar

To add one more banal observation on top of another (as per a recent WaPo article I read), the extent to which both sides of the standard political spectrum feel the need to cling to parts of MLK's ideas just displays the strength of national civic religion - and I see it as a win for civility in general.

To the extent someone may disagree with King - be it his views on class solidarity in favor of a kind of racial maximalism akin to standard woke movements, or his views of material redistribution and egalitarianism - the fact that the disagreement centers King, and that the side seen as more exemplifying his message is correct, is a win for progress.

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Andrew T's avatar

Who is going to pay for "massive material redistribution"? Are there any downsides?

I so wish that progressives would address these and not simply assume them away.

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