Excellent article on Martin Luther King . If the quotes I read are accurate he did say that America must move in the direction of " democratic socialism ". In an early letter to his wife :
[“I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic… [Capitalism] started out with a noble and high motive… but like most human systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against. So today capitalism has out-lived its usefulness.” – Letter to Coretta Scott, July 18, 1952. ]
Martin Luther King was as cynical of American capitalism as Malcolm X : Said Malcolm, " Show me a capitalist and I'll show you a blood sucker " .
Imagine if influential atheist or agnostic " left " intellectuals in the 1960s snubbed the Rev. Martin Luther King because he sounded too much like an Old Testament preacher ? Like Amos, for example ?
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