| | Good essay, Ed.
“What happened to that dream? Why is so much of it a nightmare?” Much of the answer is found in the perverse persons on the podium who’ve worked against all that was right in King’s vision. From another perspective, you can also say that MLK argued against organized coercion, such as forced (or enforced) segregation. On this more general view, the argument is not so much about "race" but about freedom from coercion (in the least, an unfettered freedom from organized coercion) for all human beings. It therefore transcends race. It is a vision of a guarantee to the political respect, or refrain-from-violation, of each individual's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
When MLK's solution to the problem is viewed in this overarching way, then the answer to the conundrum "Then why the nightmare?" is evident in the elitists' adoption of rights inflation (bad rights driving out good ones). A posited "right to health care" is an example, because the enforcement/implementation of such a thing will always involve organized coercion (something that MLK was against).
Ed
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