In which case, society would be limited to the Amish model of hand-to-mouth subsistence; as no technological system is possible without large-scale capitalization.
Well, that’s your opinion. The Amish do not progress technologically because they limit their use of technology (altho they have great ability in converting electric machines to gas power
).Corporatism has nothing to do with large corporations. Corporatism is an economic system in which workers own and control the means of production. It’s a bit similar to communism but the difference is that the corporations remain independent of the state. Corporatism is connected to Fascism politically. So in corporatism, small companies are okay but once they exceed a certain size they are corporated, so basically its capitalism on a micro-economic level but socialism on the macro level.
The world is the bad shape, and not good as you will paint it, because of corporatism and bank-ism. We have never seen true capitalism flourish, it has always been suppressed by large corporations and the banking gangsters (namely thanks to Mayer Rothschild), such as the cartel that occupies the Federal Reserve Board.
The main problem with corporatism, the banking cartel, communism, socialism etc… is it all fails to place the human individual and family as the central theme. With true capitalism that places the greater good of humanity first, and profits second, only then will it flourish.
You will find that large corporations are opposed to innovation.
Oh,dear, I didn’t know rhis and have been using the word the wrong way! Thanks for this information.
But it didn’t stay that way.Well, that’s your opinion. The Amish do not progress technologically because they limit their use of technology (altho they have great ability in converting electric machines to gas power
But automobiles, penecillin, vaccines, and radioactivity were all invented/discovered/developed by individuals. The automobile industry started off as a lot of little machine shops making different parts.
)Well, there are those who talk about cooperatives like Mondragon. I myself am still thinking through this, but I don’t see that all operatikns have to be “workshops”-- they wouldn’t have to stay in the garage. Maldin Mills was owned by one person (after a fire he experienced such financial difficulties that he ended up selling out, I think), so it is doable.
So was Pax Romana…
Oh, yeah, the Amish women were quite upset as various farming equipment was allowed, but nothing for the house!(Amishism allows gas power now? You learn something new every day
I hope that you know that corporations are no longer what you paint them to be. They have now become monopolies that conquer the entire economy and because of this there is no sense of competition. Corporations have made it so that someone who has a great idea, such as an electric car, is bought out and then the idea is tucked away so that noone can use it. Also, these are the same corporations that are able to produce products cheap because they use cheap labor by exploiting workers in other countries. And idk, if you’ve noticed but our economy is doing terrible, just look at the value of the dollar. (You can know the value of the dollar by looking at how much gold cost because the value of gold never changes) I certainly agree that our world has changed drastically but not for the better. We now have so much techonology that our society has become extremely dehumanized. We no longer look eachother in the eyes on the streets or say hi to one another as we pass by. Sincerely asking someone how they’re doing and looking out for others has become “a good deed” when it should be normal. The majority of us as humans spend more time on a computer/ watching TV/ talking on the phone/ playing video games/ texting/ listening to music than we do actually going out and experiencing life with one another. So to say that corporations are great and chipper is not seeing the reality of things and understanding the fact that our economy as well as our society is in the crapper. lol. Corporations look at us as numbers/consumers, God looks at us as individuals with the potential to do amazing things. Also, simply look at the lack of a fear of God in our society and you can see the outcome of the materialism that has stemmed from the amount of useless products that these corporations mass produce and shove down our throats day after day. Heck, take a look at our living rooms, majority of them have a Television as the center focus. I certainly do not see corporations bringing more people to God, they are doing quite the opposite.
If the need for redemption was reveled so as to become real for all people, then you would see people lining up to put in an honest day’s work which would benefit others.
But then that would not be altruism any
It can still be done out of LOVE for God!
Those who consecrate their lives to God and who work to benefit others have existed since the time of Christ. They do live in community, but as we have already seen earlier in this thread, monastic life is not socialistic or communistic. If the religious life could in any way be called communistic or socialistic, the popes would not have been able to so thoroughly condemn them.
If everybody entered religious life, the human race would become extinct, for obvious reasons. Clearly, that was never the will of God.
That Communism depends on “altruism” which is “unselfish concern for the welfare of others” is quite wrong. Not only was Marxist Communism contrary to essential Catholic doctrine it failed dismally, economically.
The funny thing about life is that there is only one able-bodied person we really need to take care of outside of the parenthood years: ourselves. If I find religion, you find religion, your spouse finds religion, everyone else finds religion, then we don’t need socialism or communism. The question beccomes: what are the obstacles which are dragging people away from true love, holiness, deep spirituality, peace, etc.? The answer is our culture. It has become too dirty and has lost the beauty of it’s innocence. The threat of torture is a worse choice than the reward of thrift and labor.
This is beating a dead horse.
Ah, so you’re implying that the most successful people are putting in an honest day’s work and helping to redeem others by supplying jobs for others?
