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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

The Objective Standard: Dr. Martin Luther King on Government & The Individual

Source:The Objective Standard- talking about Dr. Martin L. King.

"For commentary from an Objectivist perspective, visit:The Objective Standard." 

Politically Dr. Martin Luther King, politically was a Democratic Socialist and proud of it. At least when it came to economic policy and foreign policy. He was a democratic collectivist in the sense he believed that the job of government especially the central government, was to see that everyone was taken care of and no one had to go without. And believed in the democratic socialist model of the welfare state that is common in Scandinavia, where the job of the central government is to seen that a lot of the people's needs are met by the government: education, health insurance, health care, child care, very generous benefits for the working poor and non-working poor, etc. 

Dr. King also had what's called a classical liberal streak (that I call a real liberal streak) where all Americans are entitled to basic individual and equal rights. This quote in this photo is a perfect example of that. Where he's saying that:"Man is not made for the state, but the state is made for the man." 

You can also see this post at The Daily Journal, on Blogger.

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  1. You can also see this post at The Daily Journal:https://thedailyjournalusa.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-objective-standard-dr-martin-luther.html on Blogger.

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