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I have a personal situation I need to share. I am a full-time Catholic. I don’t bring out my faith on Sundays for Mass and try and be something else during all other times. I am sure many Catholics are in the same situation.
I, like many others, will be voting this November 2020 election. As such, as I study candidates, their party’s platforms, etc. I analyze things through a Catholic lens. Given my background, I also look at things from a financial and economic perspective; however, these thoughts are outside the scope of this writing. The purpose of this article is to share this Catholic’s perspective on what I am reflecting upon.
To begin with, let’s look at some background material. There is a movement to become more socialistic in the United States. What does this mean? Well, socialism is communism. The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx states, "Marx used many terms to refer to a post-capitalist society—positive humanism, socialism, Communism, [a] realm of free individuality, [a] free association of producers, etc. He used these terms completely interchangeably.” Communism is advocated by Marxists. The label Marxist comes from the book entitled “The Communist Manifesto” written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engles and originally published in 1848. A current leader of the “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) movement named Patrisse Cullors, for example, said that she and her fellow organizers are “trained Marxists” in a recently surfaced video from 2015.
What is communism? According to the dictionary, communism is “a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class warfare and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.” To be complete, socialism is defined as “a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.” The term “regulated by the community as a whole” could be and often means “regulated by the government that presides over a population.” Further, for a socialistic and/or communistic form of government to exist, all members in that society must have unwavering, absolute allegiance, and dependence to and on the government. This translates to the government granting universal rights to the masses in contrast to individual rights. As an example, this the reason why the lawsuit against Little Sisters of the Poor to pay for birth control and abortions under Obamacare was undertaken. Socialism abhors any deviations from the homogeneous rights of the masses given by the government even if the rights are inappropriate for particular individuals or groups.
The current form of socialism being advocated is a hybrid model. First, socialistically there is a focus on the distribution of goods and services, and a redistribution of wealth which I will refer to as assets. Second, this model of socialism cannot be supported unless capitalism is the engine that generates the assets that are to be distributed. This the reason why socialists will always call for forms of taxes, regulations, and permitting is so that it can redistribute collected assets. However, the redistribution of assets is not based upon merit, achievement, amount of work performed, creativity, etc. Under this approach, people are all homogeneous and simply a common commodity upon which the assets are to be equally distributed. There is no tolerance for individuality under this approach. Consequently, all means of production of goods and services need to be owned or control by the government otherwise one person would become more prosperous than another. Because people are homogeneous they are also of equal value, or—potentially—of no value. Those that cannot contribute to the generation of assets to be distributed are looked upon as having no values to society and are seen as expendable. If a person is found to be expendable, they are a liability. The unborn and elderly fall into the category of being societal liabilities. This is the reason they advocate abortion up to and including the 9th month of pregnancy and euthanasia for the elderly. As the New York Times reported on March 29, 1984, “Elderly people who are terminally ill have a ‘duty to die and get out of the way’ instead of trying to prolong their lives by artificial means, Gov. Richard D. Lamm of Colorado…”
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I Vote Catholic
I, like many others, will be voting this November 2020 election. As such, as I study candidates, their party’s platforms, etc. I analyze things through a Catholic lens. Given my background, I also look at things from a financial and economic perspective; however, these thoughts are outside the scope of this writing. The purpose of this article is to share this Catholic’s perspective on what I am reflecting upon.
To begin with, let’s look at some background material. There is a movement to become more socialistic in the United States. What does this mean? Well, socialism is communism. The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx states, "Marx used many terms to refer to a post-capitalist society—positive humanism, socialism, Communism, [a] realm of free individuality, [a] free association of producers, etc. He used these terms completely interchangeably.” Communism is advocated by Marxists. The label Marxist comes from the book entitled “The Communist Manifesto” written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engles and originally published in 1848. A current leader of the “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) movement named Patrisse Cullors, for example, said that she and her fellow organizers are “trained Marxists” in a recently surfaced video from 2015.
What is communism? According to the dictionary, communism is “a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class warfare and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.” To be complete, socialism is defined as “a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.” The term “regulated by the community as a whole” could be and often means “regulated by the government that presides over a population.” Further, for a socialistic and/or communistic form of government to exist, all members in that society must have unwavering, absolute allegiance, and dependence to and on the government. This translates to the government granting universal rights to the masses in contrast to individual rights. As an example, this the reason why the lawsuit against Little Sisters of the Poor to pay for birth control and abortions under Obamacare was undertaken. Socialism abhors any deviations from the homogeneous rights of the masses given by the government even if the rights are inappropriate for particular individuals or groups.
The current form of socialism being advocated is a hybrid model. First, socialistically there is a focus on the distribution of goods and services, and a redistribution of wealth which I will refer to as assets. Second, this model of socialism cannot be supported unless capitalism is the engine that generates the assets that are to be distributed. This the reason why socialists will always call for forms of taxes, regulations, and permitting is so that it can redistribute collected assets. However, the redistribution of assets is not based upon merit, achievement, amount of work performed, creativity, etc. Under this approach, people are all homogeneous and simply a common commodity upon which the assets are to be equally distributed. There is no tolerance for individuality under this approach. Consequently, all means of production of goods and services need to be owned or control by the government otherwise one person would become more prosperous than another. Because people are homogeneous they are also of equal value, or—potentially—of no value. Those that cannot contribute to the generation of assets to be distributed are looked upon as having no values to society and are seen as expendable. If a person is found to be expendable, they are a liability. The unborn and elderly fall into the category of being societal liabilities. This is the reason they advocate abortion up to and including the 9th month of pregnancy and euthanasia for the elderly. As the New York Times reported on March 29, 1984, “Elderly people who are terminally ill have a ‘duty to die and get out of the way’ instead of trying to prolong their lives by artificial means, Gov. Richard D. Lamm of Colorado…”
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I Vote Catholic
