Michael Harrington
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| Michael Harrington | |
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 Michael Harrington in 1969 | |
| Potential United States Senator from Missouri | |
| Potential 40th or 41st President of the United States | |
January 20, 1969 - | |
| Vice President | Irving Howe |
| Personal details | |
| Native name | Edward Michael Harrington Jr. |
| Date of birth | February 24th, 1928 |
| Place of birth | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Age at start | 33 years old |
| Nationality | .svg){kind=small} American |
| Role |
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| Political party | National Progressive Pact - (Farmer-Labor) |
| Other political affiliations | Caucuses in the Progressive Caucus |
| Ideology |  Democratic Socialism |
Michael Harrington (born February 24 1928) is an American Politician and Writer. Harrington is an advocate for democratic Socialism in the National Progressive Pact and can run for President in the 1968 US Presidential Election as a candidate for the National Progressive Pact if Robert Kennedy or George Wallace is not the Incumbent President. He can also appear in-game as a senator for Missouri if it flips towards the progressive wing of the NPP.
In-Game Description[edit | edit source]
Michael Harrington was born in St. Louis to a Catholic family in the beginning of 1928. Growing up, he attended Catholic schools and inherited conservative views from his parents. However, while studying at Yale and the University of Chicago, he began taking on Christian views that advocated for social and economic progressivism, opposing what he saw as the exploitation of the common American by capitalism. This approach, which was notably anti-collectivist, inspired him to join the Catholic Worker movement and write about politics. After the war ended, he was disgusted with the Catholic Worker and it's apparent ignorance of the threat of Fascism. Seeing the need to join more radical groups, he joined up with Trotskyist Max Shachtman, leader of a virulently anti-Bukharinist and anti-Fascist group.
Harrington continued to shift farther left, while retaining his opposition to strict collectivization. By the late 1950's, his strong views on Civil Rights as well as his distaste for the increasingly authoritarian Socialist Party of America led him to join the rising National Progressive Pact. Now, as President of the United States, Michael Harrington advocates for his own take on Democratic Socialism, one of liberation and freedom, both economic and social, for all.