Kurt Vonnegut & Political Views
• Political Diamond
o Liberalism/Conservatism & Libertarianism/Statism
• Lenin vs. Sanders
o Communist vs. Socialist
Communist – revolutionary; take power by force
Socialist – want to be given power
• Against idea of war
o Protested Vietnam War
o Support WWII
• “Harrison Bergeron” written 1961 – 1962
o Red Scare
o Vietnam War
o Cold War
o MLK
• Democratic socialist
• Humanist – heightened respect for human life
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