The American capitalist hates communism. But what they overlook is that the average Russian mother and father simply want to feed their children. They are not interested in politics. However, when those who have both wealth and power become so greedy, and the peasant can’t feed his family, he becomes attracted to the ideas of communism and socialism. In other words, communism is created by the selfishness and greed of the wealthy.
You know I would say that hyper Cronin capitalism can in fact lead to things like socialism when the vast majority of the pop of the populace is in poverty while the majority of the wealth is owned by a mere few.
The point was not to say that the poor do not matter because in fact in Catholic teaching helping the poor and doing the corporal works of Mercy are an essential component of the Gospel.
What was meant is that when Christianity when a heretical sect becomes disillusioned with the hyper spiritual divisions of conservative heretical sects,
They will need jerk into the extreme of only caring about the corporal works of Mercy.
The Catholic balances both spiritual and corporal.
But when all you care about is the corporal works of Mercy in a heavenly sense, once that is stripped away then you are only concerned about the corporal works of Mercy without god, and that is what is bad about socialism or communism
Hi Spauline! Your words are not easy for me to follow, although I think you are saying good things.
Is there a law that says that a socialist or a communist cannot believe in God, and desire to serve Him by implementing a social system in which everyone can have their basic needs met?
All this hatred of socialism and communism is spread, through the media and through so-called educational systems under the direction to the greedy captitalist. This is called hegemony, control of the public mind. There would be no socialists or communists if the wealthy were not so greedy. In this way the super rich are the creators of socialism and communism.
When people really accept Jesus within their hearts, they begin to understand that we are all one family, and that no one should be hungry, in need of clothing, education, medical attention, etc. Socialism and communism only germinate within the public mind when the hearts of the very wealthy are devoid of everything that Jesus is teaching.
It is very difficult for the average person to be godly, to think of God, when he can’t take care of his family. Then he beings to entertain thoughts of socialism, etc.
This is a messy topic.
I’d imagine the younger generations were indoctrinated with more buzzwords and phrases correlated to the topics of communism and capitalism. It seems younger generations just parrot the buzzwords and phrases they were taught in school.
Indoctrinated people do not consider any viewpoint except the one they were taught. They were taught to terminate conversations against anyone that disagrees. (That’s a trait of communist indoctrination) they lack critical thinking skills altogether.
So this is a messy topic.
You can almost put an age restriction on the discussion like, don’t reply unless your 45 years or older because that’s about when the indoctrination started…?
Thank you for clarifying