[MDLION]

I like Rush but his thinking was revealed as sloppy when he made the Marxist comment about Pope Francis. Capitalism can’t be made into an idol which can’t be criticized. So if someone criticizes the excesses of capitalism, which Blessed John Paul II referred to as “cutthroat capitalism”, he or she is a Marxist? I think Rush hurt himself more with that comment than he realizes. There’s a century of papal words condemning Marxism and many Christians have given their lives in opposition to Marxism.

[heye2monn]

This whole argument is vague and subjective. Few people consider themselves total Marxist or pure “cut-throat” capitalist. They are somewhere in between. But where?

Let’s take each policy favored by the Pope. Is the Pope for a minimum wage? Is he opposed to a flat tax and for progressive taxation for the rich? Is he for amnesty for illegal aliens? If all or most of the Pope’s policy positions are liberal, then we call him socialist or Marxist.

[John S Mosby]

The flip side of marxism (which branded “capitalism” as a name which we do not have to honor or recognize— rather one should use “economic freedom” as the model) is simply that it is the means to “unseat” generational wealth and power of democratic republics and restructure the state by theft of property, in order to gain wealth without work or earning or any kind of investment save the lives of the duped supporters and victims who died in the millions for this hideous philosophy.

[Lou Budvis]

“I like Rush but his thinking was revealed as sloppy when he made the Marxist comment about Pope Francis. Capitalism can’t be made into an idol which can’t be criticized. So if someone criticizes the excesses of capitalism, which Blessed John Paul II referred to as “cutthroat capitalism”, he or she is a Marxist? I think Rush hurt himself more with that comment than he realizes. There’s a century of papal words condemning Marxism and many Christians have given their lives in opposition to Marxism.”

This. What PF was talking about does not lend itself to analysis on a radio talk show.

[little jeremiah]

Capitalism can’t be made into an idol which can’t be criticized. So if someone criticizes the excesses of capitalism, which Blessed John Paul II referred to as “cutthroat capitalism”, he or she is a Marxist? I think Rush hurt himself more with that comment than he realizes. There’s a century of papal words condemning Marxism and many Christians have given their lives in opposition to Marxism.

I agree. People sometimes have a tendency to idolize capitalism, and unrestrained capitalism is crony-ism, and the incestuous relationship we have now with fedgov/corporations is rotten to the core and destructive in many ways. Nothing to idolize.