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To: michaelmas

yes and yes… this pope is clearly anti free market and anti capitalist…the jesuits I am sure are very proud


115 posted on 12/08/2013 8:12:13 PM PST by Nifster
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To: Nifster

Does your free market include workman’s comp? Assurances against insider trading? Any safeguards against fraud or exploitation?

I used to be for an entirely government-free free market but fallen beings that we are, greed and theft still happen. You’re setting up a false dichotomy. It doesn’t follow that the Pope is a Marxist or anti-capitalist because he thinks the government has a responsibility to the common good for its citizens.

Also, where in the exhortation does the Pope say that he is anti-capitalist?

Also, everything that comes from Rome does not stand alone in a vacuum. It has to be read in light of Catholic tradition, which includes the principle of subsidiarity, which is nearly the anti-thesis of Big Government.


117 posted on 12/09/2013 7:12:35 AM PST by michaelmas
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To: Nifster

Was Benedict XVI an anti-capitalist?


118 posted on 12/09/2013 7:12:35 AM PST by michaelmas
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