QOTD, Abraham Lincoln edition
by David Atkins
It’s always funny to me when conservatives try to take credit for Abraham Lincoln simply because he was a “Republican.” Most progressives, of course, point to his position against slavery and discrimination to argue that he wouldn’t dream of joining the ranks of the modern Republican Party.
But Lincoln wasn’t just a progressive on race. Just as importantly, he was a progressive on labor and capital as well. My favorite Lincoln quote is this one:
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
In the same way that Ronald Reagan would be considered a RINO, Lincoln would be called dangerous Communist today.
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