It's been awhile since we heard from entertainer Rush Limbaugh. Yeah, I know there is still a group of frightened old men that listen to him every day but what I'm talking about is Rush saying something profoundly moronic with the purpose of getting noticed outside of the bubble. The media then proceeds to act "outraged" at what he said in order to bring in some viewers from inside the bubble. It's a win for him and a win for the "liberal" media.
His latest remark (The Pope is a Marxist) makes no sense to me, though. The Catholic Church can do whatever it wants with its money and mission. If they want to help feed the poor and heal the sick through the redistribution of their wealth, shouldn't they be left alone to do so? If the worry is that the Pope will somehow convince the leaders of the world to adopt Marxism as their government framework, that's just plain silly given how globalization is already out of the bag. There are free markets everywhere and prosperity is rising all over the world so, in some ways, the Pope is just wrong.
Perhaps Rush simply doesn't understand what Marxism is or, more likely, has no clue whatsoever that Jesus Christ espoused in the Bible. Material wealth mattered not to Christ and he encouraged people to help those less fortunate through the church. Being strong in spirit and believing in God where far more important to Jesus. That was the whole part about not being able to worship God and money at the same time. In fact, the Bible vilifies the wealthy and insists that the true path to God lies in serving the poor and healing the sick.
So what the fuck is Rush talking about?
2 comments:
Quote from Mark: "If the worry is that the Pope will somehow convince the leaders of the world to adopt Marxism as their government framework, that's just plain silly given how globalization is already out of the bag. There are free markets everywhere and prosperity is rising all over the world so, in some ways, the Pope is just wrong."
Quote from Rush: "It's sad because this pope makes it very clear he doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to capitalism and socialism and so forth."
So you agree with Rush that the Pope is 'just plain wrong'? What's the point of this post when you say essentially the same thing?
Oh! I know. You don't recognize in yourself your own Marxist beliefs and therefore can't recognize the Marxism in the Pope's message. You are a confused man.
Grek Mankiw weighs in.
BTW, Jesus said for you to help the poor, not to petition Caesar to do it for you via taxes forcibly applied for the purpose on people who may disagree with you or with Caesar's method of doing it (which always includes a sizable cut for Caesar's bureaucracy. I'm not a believer, so why the fuck should you try to force your religious beliefs down my throat, especially when I merely disagree that Caesar should be doing it? Maybe .gov should enforce other religious beliefs?
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