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The majority of Christ's parables presuppose a free market system. "Christian" socialists pull the instance in the Acts of the Apostles where is says "they had all things in common" and cite that as an example of pure "Christian" Communism--wrong--for one thing it was a temporary measure and for another, it was entirely voluntary. Real charity is always voluntary. Coherced charity is not charity at all, but government confiscation. Since the "social justice" crowd advocates this, they are in reality advocates of injustice.

Not only is real charity voluntary, but real charity protects property rights because both the giver and the recipient recognize which of the two has full control and ownership of the item being given up until it that ownership is transferred.

When an advocate of "social justice" instructs me that "we must share our blessings with others", he is telling me a lie that justifies coveting in order to facilitate theft.

First, he has totally different meanings for almost every word in that statement than the dictionary does. This is deliberate on his part.

"we" in social-justice-speak means those who the elite decide must comply but not those who are exempted.

"must" is not a strong moral imperative, but the threat of coercion by armed government agents.

"share" means taking from those who the elites decide will be targeted.

"others" means those who the elites decide will benefit.

(It goes without saying that many advocates of "social justice" support it because they hope to be in the elite group that makes the rules for everyone else.)

The legal system is used (under the color of law), to define the tax obligation as the instant it is qualified. This means, for example, the instant your employer owes you $100 in wages, that government has title to the taxes on that $100 even though you have not yet received the money from your employer. The government pushes itself in line to be first to be paid, indeed even imposing a scheme of withholding to prevent the taxpayer from failing to remit the taxes owed.

So, the "charity" is a pure lie, as the money to be used in these "charity" schemes are taken from taxpayers before the taxpayer can even get paid. He never has title to the amount owed. Since he never has title, he cannot control conveyance. This is not charity at all.

Further and just as importantly, charity is at the discretion of the titleholder of the gift. He can decide to give more, or less, as his conscience dictates based on how the giver perceives the need and based on his knowledge of his ability to give.

"Social Justice" takes without any concern over the needs of those it takes from. It gives to those who qualify for the wealth transfer without having the ability to give more to those who deserve more, and less to those who deserve less. Anyone qualifying to receive the benefits must receive them.

As I wrote before "social justice" is based on three sins: lies, coveting and theft.