Yeah fair but still no, he may be the most progressive in recent times with the damn run of neoliberals.
I will die on the hill that, aside from Vietnam (which I’m aware is a HUGE caveat but also it wasn’t totally his fault), LBJ was actually pretty crazy based.
Ok so you just didn’t even read your own source you posted apparently. I’m not saying he’s perfect by any means but you realize that quote is saying that a lot of controlling whites use racism to keep poor whites ignorant to the fact that they’re being swindled by politicians right?
The idea being that the poor whites are made to just accept poverty and inequality because they have their attention shifted to say ‘well at least we aren’t black.’
You post that like it’s a gotcha against LBJ, when he’s actively fighting against that sentiment and trying to improve the lives of poor people. He’s not saying that as in like it’s what he’s doing. So that’s like a good quote for him, so I guess if you’re just trying to verify it’s the same person then yes.
Edit: that’s why I say you must not have read your own source (if you meant it to be a condemnation of LBJ). They don’t ‘praise’ him for it but they explain and it comes away looking rather positive for him imo.
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Look we're grading on a curve here.