Sunday, January 19, 2014

Fox Business News, 
Stuart Varney pushes back against Pope Francis:

“Capitalism, in my opinion, is a liberator,” he said. “The free choice of millions of people is the essence of freedom. In my opinion, society benefits most when people are free to pursue their own self-interest. I know that sounds like a contradiction, but it is not. When individuals are free, we collectively are better off in every way, financially and spiritually.”

Ah, but the Pope didn't criticize freedom! The Pope critized the systemic impoverishment of the multitudes. As Francis made clear that leads to the denial of the freedom to the many to live lives of dignity. The multitudes are denied freedom by powerful elites who hide their oppressive control by arguing that we must surrender to the blind adherence to "markets."

So who is for freedom? And who is just jiving?

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