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"evolution of King’s thinking about economic and social justice with his activism in support of organized labour...Note the UAW banners demanding full employment and a guaranteed annual income." MLK was in Memphis in support of labor union strike when he was assassinated. Elites
benefited from splitting industrial labor movement of 1930s from civil rights movement of 1960s, w de-industrialized white workers going from Dems to GOP, young black activists being co-opted via foundations, universities into what eventually became BLM. @BernieSanders at MLK's
1963 "I have a dream" speech, MLK probably would've supported Sanders inclusive "Medicare for ALL." Instead, 2020 mass protests were funneled into BLM "Defund the police." Bottom 50% w 2% of wealth, top 1% w 34%, 10% w 68%, latter two mostly white, HUGE wealth inequality/racial
gaps won't change w bottom 50% racially polarized into Dems (blacks), GOP (whites), breaking apart integrated New Deal/Great Society coalition, w corp/fncl America now paying lip service to "woke" faux left performative BLM-type stuff. @JoeBiden Powell ultra-loose fiscal/monetary
policy was intended to tighten labor markets in part to help raise black employ rate/incomes, but also led to asset inflation,stocks for top 1-10%, homes for middle class (Fed $2t MBS), w home prices up over 40% since Jan 2020, pricing those they were trying to help out of decent
homes in safer neighborhoods w good schools. US badly needs another MLK who can reverse racial political polarization of bottom 50%. Performative "woke" faux left stuff mainly focuses on upper middle class glass ceiling concerns. Btw, faux left is no longer antiwar, unlike 1960s.
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