Posted on 07/04/2013 7:25:19 PM PDT by DManA
There's a caucus thread on this but of course no one but Romans can comment on it.
If you care to comment feel free to do so here.
dup
Wrong. There is a caucus version but only Roman Catholics may comment there. So this is NOT a dup.
The Pope is a bit behind the times. Wild Capitalism has been dead and buried for years. If he is looking for malefactors of great wealth he would be better off looking at Crony Capitalism. There’s more money in having pals in the ruling bureaucracy.
I agree. The pope doesn’t understand that markets are what people naturally form when they are free.
They don’t call it a FREE MARKET for noth’n.
BUMP!
If he is looking for malefactors of great wealth he would be better off looking at Crony Capitalism.But that would mean he'd have to look at all the money the church gets from the Democrats (AKA party of abortions) and the church/Pope ain't gonna go there.
Would you consider it wild capitalism when a company uses government influence to soak up billions in taxpayer dollars as they continue to increase costs to consumers?
How about when 1 industry like wind conspires with government to crush another industry like coal?
Is someone checking?
I don’t know. Check back later and see if the thread disappears.
I wish he was urging people to fight against wild socialism, but that doesn’t seem to be this Pope’s style. Oh, well.
He should stick to his specialty, faith and morals.
Opps, sorry, the other thread has been taken down. If you want to comment on the Pope’s statement you can only do it here. At least until FR takes this thread down too.
This thread is not going to be taken down but everyone is required to cover one eye while reading. If you have but one eye...squint. No cheating like reading twice either.
We can’t discuss the Pope’s pronouncements. We can’t discuss Gettysburg. What can we discuss.
We hate Obama. I guess that’s it.
Not surprising to me. The Vatican has long upheld the idea of the “universal ownership of all goods.” Here’s a link to a short paper co-written by a former Catholic priest entitled “Papal Promotion of Collective Ownership and Theft.” It’s well worth your time.
http://www.bereanbeacon.org/articles/sorted/01_On_Catholicism/Papal_Economics.pdf
Here’s another article about Bergoglio
“Pope Francis Shows His True Colors”
http://bereanbeacon.org/articles/Pope%20Francis%20Shows%20His%20True%20Colors.rtf
The concept of “wild capitalism”, borrowed from the environmental movement, is inappropriately applied in a confused fashion by Pope Francis to the obligations of the rich to the poor and what he sees as an obsession with money. This reminds me of the neurotic thought processes of Argentina’s disfunctional society, the millieu in which Francis has spent his life until recently. For example, there is an mainstream academic view in Argentina that U.S. bankers and the CIA forced Argentina to take out loans it could not repay in order to enslave the country. This, of course, is merely an elaborate rationale for defaulting on loans, yet this lack of accountability has become ingrained in the Argentine psyche. The article above displays aspects of these thought patterns in Francis’ pronouncements.
Francis should stay away from comments on politics and economics until he has formulated a consistent philosophy concerning such matters.
Thanks DManA.
Pope Francis meets with Scioli, urges him to ‘fight against wild capitalism’(Catholic Caucus)
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/
Posted on 07/04/2013 6:46:03 PM PDT by stfassisi
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3039260/posts
Pope’s First Official Visit Is to Lampedusa, Tiny Sicilian Island Flooded by African Migrants
Enza Ferreri Blog | 5 July 2013 | Enza Ferreri
Posted on 07/04/2013 6:38:43 PM PDT by Enza Ferreri
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3039257/posts
He’s a Jesuit.
C’mon.
This pope is an intellectual lightweight, a Marxist and a Jesuit. Expect nothing from him, except very public, very contrived acts of alleged humility.
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