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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Monday, January 16, 2023

Martin Luther King Was A Hated Radical Who Wanted To Redistribute Wealth

 Let's keep that in mind today, as Republicans try and turn him into a justification for overturning voting rights, affirmative action and any form of wealth redistribution.

Matt Yglesias and Scott Lemieux make the same point.

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