Interesting that martin Luther king jr is seen as

A centrist. Especially by those with right leaning views. But back in his day he was demonised as a communist due to his anti capitalist. anti racist. Anti Vietnam and pro labour rights ideals

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badminton · 61-69, MVIP

MLK was strongly against Marxist communism. He believed in a sort of Christian socialism.

Guitarman123 · 31-35, M

@badminton marxist communism advocated for labour rights and was anti capitalist. MLK was also influenced by erich fromm

BohemianBabe · M

@badminton Just goes to show you that the Right recycles the same arguments over and over. Less than a decade since America fought Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, the American Right was claiming that MLK was a Marxist trying to use Communism to destroy America.