Tuesday, September 28, 2010

a basic problem

I've been reading Marx lately. No comment on that, but it does help to explain why I am thinking on the topic of economic systems.

I just wanted to put this out there.

It is a true tragedy that over the course of time we have succeeded in blinding ourselves to this horrible truth: in order for one to get richer, another must become poorer.

That, I think, is my problem with capitalism. It seems to suggest, at least in practice, that the goal of life is to accumulate as much wealth as possible, and this is done through taking it from others. As a Christian, how am I to deal with this?

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