Tis_Bearself
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No, they weren’t. There are all kinds of first-hand accounts indicating otherwise.People in ex-Yugoslavia, and in the Soviet Union were always free to worship in private
No, they weren’t. There are all kinds of first-hand accounts indicating otherwise.People in ex-Yugoslavia, and in the Soviet Union were always free to worship in private
Distributism hasn’t been fully tried anywhere, but a lot of its ideas, like antitrust law, have.But most economies, especially industrialized and developing ones, are not distributist
I don’t think that secularization is tied to consumption because–all other things equal–increased consumption presupposes increased demand, which equals increased prices, which equals poverty. In order to move the '“Q” (quantity, i.e. consumption) on a demand-supply graph, you must also move the “D” (demand) line, which also increases “P” (price) because “S,” supply, has not been increased (and you just said production has nothing to do with it.)But the rise of secular culture does not stem from ownership of production but from increasing consumption
True for Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Muslims. but i am not sure about Eastern Catholics. There was some political problem which came about from Eastern Catholics allied with Germany during WWII.People in ex-Yugoslavia, and in the Soviet Union were always free to worship in private.
I still think this is a (well intended) oversimplification because it doesn’t explain the existence of religious wealthy countries. There used to be a lot of them. If you were to get in a time machine and go back to 1950, you would find that most of the secularized wealthy countries that exist today were religious but still wealthy. Further, the amount of per capita consumption in those countries has not meaningfully increased since then.That’s why the Church is becoming smaller in richer countries but becoming larger in poorer ones, and why in time it will also become smaller when the latter advance economically.
I didn’t claim that inflation is the cause of poverty. I said that, ceteris paribus, you cannot raise consumption without raising prices. That is Econ 1301.inflation is the cause of poverty
Real income levels, meaning income levels corrected for inflation–i.e. the actual purchasing power of your money–have not increased since the 1960s. Meanwhile, as you point out, secularism has boomed.Consider, for example, factors like Church attendance, which you shared earlier. It has been on a downward trend since the 1950s while income levels increased considerably.
Find a faithful parish, Catholic school or religious community and make it the center of your life and that of your family.But how to form a Benedict Option community?? Truly. I can’t figure out how it would work. I want to!
grew up in a bubble like that. Exactly as you described. The lack of preparation for living in the real world was astounding. Terrible, really. A parent’s job is to raise their babies into adults with skills for navigating the real world in which they are going to live. My parents failed on this front. Not to mention the resentment that their kids had as a result of that. Large family, and most of us ditched the religion as soon as we realized we were raised in wonderland.
real world
Instead of taking the easy way out and living in a bubble
A cocoon is not a bubble. If you think it is wrong to raise your kids in a cocoon, don’t come crying to me that they grew up to be worms."The purpose of the cocoon is not to be wrapped up in yourself forever; the purpose is to prepare the butterfly.”
Forming intentional disciples is not forming bubbles…raised in an environment that, in no way, prepared them for surviving life outside the bubble.
Wait, you couldn’t possibly understand just because you lived itI understand the concept all too well.