I know that statement will generate ire, so let me give an example. You own an apartment and your renter is a day late. You contact them and say, "Your late, Get out!" He says, "I can pay tommorrow". Do you throw them out and wait for another renter, or wait to see if they pay"? There has to be some rational mercy to make capitalism work, otherwise it will be overthrown by another system, socialism. You may have the right to enforce the contract, but is that the best business sense? I think Jesus makes us slower to anger and more reasonable beings. Ayn Rand makes us into cold robotic type beings with no compassion.
Her principles are explained in he writings and show an "in your face" type of capitalism that is needed for some to understand the differences from other systems. Many today think food stamps and welfare programs are part of the capitalist system. Others seem to think Jesus would want this. Jesus taught that the CHURCH was responsible for the poor, not government. Telling someone where the welfare office is, is not what Jesus was looking for. Jesus didn't teach this and Ayn Rand certainly didn't teach this. Lennin, Stalin, and Mao, did, however.
“There has to be some rational mercy to make capitalism work.”
No, there doesn’t. Capitalism is self-correcting, with or without mercy.
Christianity is the reason why socialism cannot die in the West; it gives the people the false impression that self-abnegation, particularly self-sacrifice, is noble in itself.
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