Friday, November 29, 2013

Pope Francis — Evangelii Gaudium, 56


Conservatives seem to have caught their breath and are now attacking the Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis as "Marxist." Here is the passage in especially in question.
56. While the earnings of a minority are growing exponentially, so too is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by those happy few. This imbalance is the result of ideologies which defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation. Consequently, they reject the right of states, charged with vigilance for the common good, to exercise any form of control. A new tyranny is thus born, invisible and often virtual, which unilaterally and relentlessly imposes its own laws and rules. Debt and the accumulation of interest also make it difficult for countries to realize the potential of their own economies and keep citizens from enjoying their real purchasing power. To all this we can add widespread corruption and self-serving tax evasion, which have taken on worldwide dimensions. The thirst for power and possessions knows no limits. In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before the interests of a deified market, which become the only rule. — Evangelii Gaudium
Marxist? Really?

1 comment:

Matt Franko said...

"Consequently, they reject the right of states, charged with vigilance for the common good, to exercise any form of control. A NEW tyranny is thus born, ..."

So what he is implying here is that we are substituting one tyranny for another, which is false btw...

So the Pope is saying that "the right of states, charged with vigilance for the common good," is a tyranny, which I'm sure many Libertarians if not libertarians would agree with... the Pope must be some sort of libertarian...

Where in scripture is our institution of civil govt identified as a "tyranny"???

Our institution of civil govt is by definition NOT a tyranny... it is the antithesis of a 'tyranny', the morons are lead to believe it is some sort of 'tyranny', when it is OUR OWN human institution thru which we exercise OUR OWN authority...

"of the people, by the people, etc...."

The Vatican is LOST....