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thatdemguy

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1. His public statements were DEI but his private statements were not

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 02:32 PM

Apr 30

In his personal letters he was against homosexuals, jews, mexicans, blacks, and pretty much anyone not european. He was very much opposed to slavery, as it was capitalist enterprise. I do think at the time pretty much every one probably had some views that do not fly these days.

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I did not know that Karl Marx was a promoter of DEI. [View all] milestogo Apr 30 OP

His public statements were DEI but his private statements were not thatdemguy Apr 30 #1