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15. Thinking about my reply to your reply

and how "millions" might have been "small" exaggeration - corrected - when something you said suddenly struck me.

All those AA leaders mentioned by you were socialist precisely because they knew neither major party gave a damn about us

Are you saying that Newton, King, and Shabazz were only socialists because the Democratic Party wasn't paying attention to us, otherwise they would have jumped on the capitalist bandwagon?

I think that may be a bit of a stretch, not to mention an unintentionally denigrating one - if I am reading it right. The truth, which I happen to know first-hand with regards to Newton, Cleaver and Seale, is that each of them were insightful, fully informed and widely and deeply experienced men who weighed the benefits of both economic theories for black Americans before they chose their path.

Of, course, as I said before, it was a long time ago.