I remember playing the game, but I see no connection between this priest’s ramblings and reality (or the game). Sin tends to destroy all lives. But when I was poor, my beliefs as a Christian helped set me up for future success.
I’ve watched high ranking officers destroy their lives through sexual sin. When working at minimum wage jobs, I watched coworkers spend their little spare cash on drugs. I’ve seen wealthy and poor go through multiple marriages, often due to a refusal to keep their sex lives limited to their spouse.
Many poor make bad financial decisions. I didn’t even HAVE a credit card when I was poor, but I know poor people with $15K+ in credit card debt. When I made minimum wage, I still tithed. I did not have TV, cable, Internet, smart phones or nice clothes - because I saved.
Believing in God will not make you financially secure. But many of the things a Christian does to obey God will also help lift you out of the worst poverty - work hard, tithe, be careful of spending, live modestly, be careful who you marry in hopes of staying married for life, avoid drugs, don’t sleep with co-workers, etc.
The problem with society is SIN, and it affects ALL.
So, the priest also blames real estate investors & “flippers”?
Just wow. No comments from His HolyAss about about mortgages literally given to those who had no business borrowing, nor any intention of paying it back. That’s what drove up demand & prices. He’s bitching about fake money loaned to pretend buyers as a pretext for theft, then complains when the scheme didn’t achieve his goals. F Him & his Commie ways.
Real estate, even just undeveloped dirt, is a tangible asset, unlike stocks & bonds. You can put your hands on it. You might even be able to defend it. It will rarely have zero value, which will always make it attractive to buyers & investors when everything else goes crap up.
Someone ought to cut this guy off from his daily dose of Krugman.