Question

The text below was written in 1918:

"Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."

What social class does Eugene Debs sympathize with?

Answer 1

The Working class

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Answer 2

Based on the statements of Eugene Debs, it is very likely that he sympathize with the working class. The way Debs compares himself with "the meanest on earth" or states that he will not be free while there is a soul in prision, talks about how humble he is. This humility make Debs a person that could sympathize with the lower classes of society, such as the working class of 1918.