I am struck by how Marxist the Ten Point Plan really is. I never really thought how much government is necessary for equality and liberation and how much it would have to be involved in order to free black people in the most easy way.
One sees this reflected in points #'s 3, 4, 5, and 6. Point #3 is about government reparations for slavery in the form of 40 acres and a mule that freed slaves had been promised, point #4 is about government aid in the form of public housing, point #5 is about improving education for black people including teaching them about their history, both of which require government funding and supervision, and point #6 is wanting completely free healthcare provided by the government which one assumes is universal healthcare which has been quite the topic of contention through the present-day and is probably one of the biggest programs along with pensions (which in the U.S. we call Social Security).
I'm not suggesting that more government is necessarily Marxist, but when you add in all of the passages about liberation and equality and the requirements of either the U.S. government or their own governments in their communities or the implied separate government in point #10 have to provide. I'm wondering if the Black Panthers were intentionally being Marxist or that total freedom and equality in the fastest way possible for black people just by it's necessity requires Marxism. Anyone have any thoughts on that?
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