Social Justice> to/from where?

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The reason alot of people are leary of the concept of ‘social justice’ is that it is often used by those with an agenda that try to use government as either the " great equalizer " or as Big Brother Nanny " Government is meant to maintain general order, not to mandate outcomes or make everyone " the same " which in government speak means to make everyone equally controlled by the government. In a democratic republic we the people are supposed to be the ones in control. And we are the ones that are expected to help our neighbors, not through the government, but privately. Social justice is not a problem in and of itself, but the perversion of justice that means to allow government control or supreme caretaking is contrary not only to the intent of the US constitution, if one lives here, but also to the free will, and freely given compassion, of everyone everywhere. We shouldn’t trust the government, especially at national levels, to take care of us, or to mandate outcomes. That isn’t social justice, its social engineering.
 
I agree 100%, traillius. At best, a “nanny state” (e.g., many of the Western European countries, at present) just substitutes one evil for another. We shouldn’t ignore subsidiarity and free will in our efforts to eliminate relative poverty.

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Social Justice is a code word for communism, socialism, marxism or plain ole government control. I pray the USCCB, and the Church of the US stop using that terminology. It makes them sound ignorant of history and very foolish of what is happening in this country.
They of all people should teach the end never justifies the means.
 
my limited and poor understanding of Catholic Social Teaching
is that we all we all have dignity as children of God with rights and responsiblies towards each other,our community, and the rest of Creation

this includes relations between individuals, between employer and employee, and the people and their government.

it proscribes no particular form of government that I can see but warns of abuses and extremes of any sort of government and on the part of the people

I think that the formula of Social Justice = socialism = nanny state is a distraction that doesn’t help any discussion

there are very right an proper times for a government to “take care of us” and other times when it is not
 
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