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Justice and love are tied through liberty. Every law which attacks individual freedom is just a domination tool; every love which does not come from free will is only a caricature of the unity between God and the human being. The first Encyclical Letter by Benedict XVI, Deus Caritas Est, involves a strong case for the necessary separation of justice and charity; and as far as it does not intend to merge them, strengthens liberty.

The State, throughout its history, has led a process of the socialization of human relationships. In its heretical desire to kill God and take His place, every government has tried to erase the person’s charitable contribution. Love, according to the leftists, cannot be the reason for helping one’s neighbor; disadvantaged people have a right to coerce the rest of society in order to improve their status. Solidarity, thus, is no longer an issue of charity and has turned into a monopoly of “social justice.”

In fact, the monstrous redistributive apparatus of the Welfare State stems from a tyrannical ideology which practically invalidates charity as an instrument of assistance and human collaboration. Human beings do not need love, but the bread which the State has plundered from other individuals.

Real charity

Benedict XVI has denounced this materialistic conception because it “demeans man and ultimately disregards all that is specifically human.” Love implies compassion for the neighbor, voluntarily carrying the heavy cross of those who suffer.

“The Christian’s program – the program of the Good Samaritan, the program of Jesus – is “a heart which sees.” The Welfare State obscures human vision; assistance is turned into a part of the political program and of an administrative procedure: “The State which would provide everything, absorbing everything into itself, would ultimately become a mere bureaucracy incapable of guaranteeing the very thing which the suffering person – every person – needs: namely, loving personal concern.”
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/rallo1.html