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The world economy was "brought to its knees" not by capitalism but by socialistic forces already within the government that your pope wants to increase.

Sometimes, it's best to say nothing, Doc. Your anti-Catholic animus has completely unhinged you.

Socialism brought down Bear Stearns? Socialism caused the collapse of Lehman Bros? Socialism led to the invention and mushrooming of phony financial instruments and their packaging as gilt-edged securities? Socialism led to the rampant speculation that sent the price of oil to $147/barrel? Socialism caused the stock market bubble that sent the Dow over 14,000? Socialism caused AIG's financial instruments unit in London to back hundreds of billions of dollars worth of credit default swaps? Socialism caused banks and mortgage issuers to lie about the crap mortgages they were issuing and sell them up the chain? Socialism led Joe Public to lie about his income and take out a mortgage he couldn't afford in the belief that he could just flip the property in two years and reap a windfall? Socialism motivated Bernie's Ponzi scheme?

It's called greed, irresponsibility and dishonesty. This was an orgy of unrestrained financial mayhem by unprincipled Americans from the supermarket worker who bought a 300K mansion all the way up to the execs at the helm of AIG and Lehman. No, Doc. This was capitalism on steroids. Hard medicine to swallow for Americans but true, nonetheless.

Comments like yours and your pope's encyclical belong on DU

I was thinking the same about yours. It's the conservative position that the individual is responsible for his own actions and bad choices, not the government. If I blamed crime on "society" you'd laugh and rightly so.

You're in denial. Utterly and completely hogtied by your automatic reflex response against anything Catholic.

This was an orgy of unrestrained financial mayhem by unprincipled Americans from the supermarket worker who bought a 300K mansion all the way up to the execs at the helm of AIG and Lehman. No, Doc. This was capitalism on steroids.

I never thought I'd read such an anti-capitalism diatribe as yours on Free Republic. Breath-taking.

You're in denial. Utterly and completely hogtied by your automatic reflex response against anything Catholic.

And you're blind to any old lie Rome spews, even if it means swallowing the liberal agenda hook, line and stinker.

The number of conservatives who respect your pope's offensive encyclical is miniscule. Thank God.