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To: chajin

Two of those “virtues” are flat out Marxist BS:

Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility)
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)


16 posted on 06/19/2023 8:28:05 AM PDT by Freedumb
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To: Freedumb; 17th Miss Regt
Two of those “virtues” are flat out Marxist BS

They are, but they don't have to be.

Marxism/socialism says that co-operation is a good thing, so we'll give the government the authority to require everyone's co-operation and collective responsibility.

Christianity, along with Aristotle's societal organization, says that co-operation (loving your neighbor in Christianity) is a good thing, so we should promote individual virtuous behavior leading to it.

It's basically the difference between having the government collect your work-gained wealth in order to spend it on building barns for the collective farm, and teaching people it is a good thing to help your neighbor build his barn on his property, and for your neighbor to help you build yours.

37 posted on 06/19/2023 8:39:47 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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