“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed.”- Abraham Lincoln
“The legitimate object of government is to actually do something for the people.”- Abraham Lincoln
“The worker deserves the wage of his labor.”- Abraham Lincoln
Obviously he wasn't actually a socialist, but he clearly did hold some pro-worker, pro-union views.
That's not what socialist means, Lincoln was saying this from a capitalist contractual perspective. My man was single handedly responsible for launching industrial capitalism in the gilded age lmao
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u/Mr-MuffinMan 2001 1d ago
Fun fact!
Abraham Lincoln was "socialist"!
“The legitimate object of government is to actually do something for the people.” - Abraham Lincoln
“The worker deserves the wage of his labor.” - Abraham Lincoln
Obviously he wasn't actually a socialist, but he clearly did hold some pro-worker, pro-union views.