Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Obsolete
Someone asks if Antichrist Francine is a Marxist.
He quotes Francine:
In light of these clarifications, we can hear the Pope's words with greater understanding. He asks, "Do we realize that that system has imposed the mentality of profit at any price, with no concern for social exclusion or the destruction of nature?" He is not speaking here of the market as such, but of a deeply immoral attitude that has seized the hearts of too many who use the market. And he complains, "An unfettered pursuit of money rules. The service of the common good is left behind. Once capital becomes an idol and guides people's decisions, once greed for money presides over the entire socioeconomic system, it ruins society, it condemns and enslaves men and women."Leaving aside my usual crap about Satan and Antichrist for a moment and treating Mr Bergoglio as a plain political leader ... The quote is an excellent description of the evils of capitalism, but it's a bad analysis. It assigns an obsolete cause to the current problem. The obsolete cause is PROFIT. When capitalists actually pursue PROFIT, their rapacious greed is automatically restrained, automatically channeled toward good ends. When you're running a REAL BUSINESS that actually makes things or provides services, you maximize profit by keeping your customers happy and keeping your employees loyal and contented. Modern US/UK/EU corporations have ceased running real businesses, and they no longer seek to maximize PROFIT. They are seeking to maximize SHARE VALUE, which means their sole goal is to ELIMINATE products and services and employees. Greed for money is NOT the problem. Channeling greed toward PROFIT leads to a society with sufficient balance and opportunity. Channeling greed toward COUNTERFEIT and STOCK MANIPULATION leads to the current maximal evil. Sharia law understands this point and places EXTREMELY SPECIFIC requirements on capitalists to insure balance. Christianity fails to understand and fails to restrict, which is why the Christian-sourced US/UK/EU can't restore balance.
Labels: Natural law = Sharia law
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