Read the quotation below.
I am not a labor leader. I don't want
you to follow me or anyone else. If
you are looking for a Moses to lead
you out of the capitalist wilderness
you will stay right where you are. I
would not lead you into this promised
land if I could, because if I could lead
you in, someone else could lead you
out.
—Eugene Debs
Using the text from the reading, why do you think Debs does not consider himself to be a “labor leader”?
Debs worked for other causes besides labor.
Debs wanted to be considered a savior for laborers instead.
Debs would like to lead people into the “promised land”: socialism.
