He may as well have mentioned Obama or Clinton by name if his intent was to rile up Freepers.
Of course wealth is redistributed constantly in any kind of economic system from free market to socialist.
The reaction by many Freepers to this encyclical shows that conservatives are just as susceptible to Pavlovian conditioning as liberals.
You are looking at this encyclical through your 'political lenses'. Take those off and put on the ones of faith. Then reread what the pope has written.
Don’t take things out of context!