Was stoked to hear you mention New Polity! I honestly think every Catholic needs to watch their Good Money series. I was convinced and stopped investing in my 401k. But now I’m more motivated than ever to own a small, productive enterprise that serves the community. The default in Liberal society is hoarding, aka money NOT being put toward the common good and instead giving all our extra cash to huge corporations that don’t need it and make the world worse. Our whole economic system, in fact, largely depends on it. Infinite growth we all feel entitled to and stick our hands in without doing any work to deserve it. Meanwhile we wonder why we’re getting paid such low wages when it’s all about increasing shareholder value. So backwards. Profit sharing for the win
Yes! I think what makes the New Polity team so interesting is that they are actually DOING the things they are thinking and writing about. Steubenville is a somewhat viable place for families to live again because of them. It really gets me thinking about how I can put my own money where my mouth is.
"Can live in harmony" versus "realistically could be expected to..." that's the crux of the question, isn't it?
I tend to look at a lot of Catholic teaching as representing the ideal world that God intended for us, which is often at odds with the World as we experience it.
So yes -- I suppose I'd agree that ultimately, in the Peacable Kingdom when the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb and the calf and the lion shall browse together, there too will the wealthy and the working class live in harmony.
Until that time, I do my best to live as if we were already in that state, with the understanding that we are not. Which, I think, is what Catholic Social Teaching is all about -- trying to live perfectly in an imperfect world.
So glad you were with us! Those Chesterton quotes were such a great add to the conversation. I'm still thinking about them (and thinking maybe I'll add some Chesterton to my summer reading list ...)
Was stoked to hear you mention New Polity! I honestly think every Catholic needs to watch their Good Money series. I was convinced and stopped investing in my 401k. But now I’m more motivated than ever to own a small, productive enterprise that serves the community. The default in Liberal society is hoarding, aka money NOT being put toward the common good and instead giving all our extra cash to huge corporations that don’t need it and make the world worse. Our whole economic system, in fact, largely depends on it. Infinite growth we all feel entitled to and stick our hands in without doing any work to deserve it. Meanwhile we wonder why we’re getting paid such low wages when it’s all about increasing shareholder value. So backwards. Profit sharing for the win
Yes! I think what makes the New Polity team so interesting is that they are actually DOING the things they are thinking and writing about. Steubenville is a somewhat viable place for families to live again because of them. It really gets me thinking about how I can put my own money where my mouth is.
"Can live in harmony" versus "realistically could be expected to..." that's the crux of the question, isn't it?
I tend to look at a lot of Catholic teaching as representing the ideal world that God intended for us, which is often at odds with the World as we experience it.
So yes -- I suppose I'd agree that ultimately, in the Peacable Kingdom when the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb and the calf and the lion shall browse together, there too will the wealthy and the working class live in harmony.
Until that time, I do my best to live as if we were already in that state, with the understanding that we are not. Which, I think, is what Catholic Social Teaching is all about -- trying to live perfectly in an imperfect world.
Yes, there is always that tension between the ideal and the real. As Catholics we have to continuously exist in both spheres ... not easy!
Had a great time joining you all. Went away with much to contemplate.
So glad you were with us! Those Chesterton quotes were such a great add to the conversation. I'm still thinking about them (and thinking maybe I'll add some Chesterton to my summer reading list ...)