Wow! Venezuela bishops tell Pope Francis the downside of socialism and communism

American Thinker ^ | 01/14/2015 | Thomas Lifson

[Buckeye McFrog]

Died at age 93 after a long and colorful life that included 35 yrs. in a Filipino mission. Spent the war in a Japanese internment camp. Picked up the habit of chewing tobacco which he did all his life. When he died at 93, New York State could not resist listing “tobacco use” as a contributing cause of death on his death certificate.

[Dqban22]

How much misery has been brought to the world by those who proclaim themselves to be indefatigable advocates for the poor.

[Petrosius]

Name one Jesuit that isn’t a committed leftist.

Fr. Joseph Fessio

[JoeFromSidney]

Just like Hitler didn’t implement Fascism right, so that should get another shot!

Please. It was Benito Mussolini who was a Fascist. Adolf Hitler was a National Socialist.

Not that there's a whole lot of difference between the two, but distinctions are important.

[Darteaus94025]

I’m sure that to the purist, there are many differences.

And, to the realist, there are many similarities: near complete (complete?) control of commercial and industrial resources, complete seizure of political authority, summary imprisonment of dissidents, war making foreign policy, etc.

It’s close enough for me, thanks.