They keep raising prices, stating that it’s due to inflation, but then they keep having record profits.
Meanwhile, the average American can barely afford rent or food nowadays.
What are we to do? Vote? I have been but that doesn’t seem to do much since I’m just voting for a representative that makes the actual decisions.
History isn’t driven by “great men,” or ideas. It’s driven by material conditions. MLK Jr. wasn’t a great man because he was born a hero, but was thrust into greatness by the material conditions. He was just a man like any other, living in an incredibly unjust system. The material conditions created the environment that led to the Civil Rights movement, it wasn’t just something a person randomly decided to start or spearhead.
I think it’s a combination of both things. He had a specific set of traits and was thrust into a specific position, like you said by the material conditions, and his combination of traits allowed him to make the best of it in such a way that he made meaningful change in the world.
But still, I think you make an important point. Really, I was trying to be facetious.