I’m always make curious by these comparisons of an martyred hero to current trends - and wonder if MLK would have been similarly ‘corrupted’ over time, as his contemporaries appear to have been.
We don’t have many people with the clarity and presence of Martin Luther King today. Actually, none. I can’t think of anyone alive today that I would put in the same category as Martin Luther King.
“The Dream” died a long time ago as the people of color saw weakness in the government, willing cohorts in all media and academic placed themselves as ABOVE all other races.
The ego took that and ran with it to where we are today.