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Americans and MLK Jr. quotes (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have a dream

American dream is dead. MLK's dream never even was a reality.

[–] SalamenceFury@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think his quote was referring to what people call the American Dream. He was referring to his own dream of ending segregation and racism.

[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I refer to both of those "dreams" in my message.

[–] SalamenceFury@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago

Eh. Either way, America CAN change, acting like having a dream is naive because it won't come true is stupid. With that attitude it obviously won't come to, but if enough people believe things can change. No one thought the Civil Rights Act would ever pass and it still did.