Christian socialism

[johnthebaptist]

5 minutes ago, unworthyservant said:

If only it were that easy but Christ warned us that it isn't. McDonald's recruiting plan just wouldn't even work. BTW, I just realized that your logo is a dog and not a lioness.

Yes, that is the dog I grew up with in the 1960s. My sister had brought home a hamster, and the dog was watching it.

[ayin jade]

1 hour ago, unworthyservant said:

in Capitalism the desire for more money (or the things it can afford) is what drives economic prosperity. 

The biggest difference is that while Capitalism encourages the accumulation of personal wealth and uses greed to drive folks,

 

I disagree with your statements. Capitalism encourages working to drive folks. One works for ones wealth. 

[ayin jade]

1 hour ago, unworthyservant said:

Socialism itself makes no distinction about the political system under which it is administered and so could be implemented in a Democracy as well as a Communist Dictatorship or a Monarchy.

The us is a republic not a democracy. 

[unworthyservant]

1 minute ago, ayin jade said:

I disagree with your statements. Capitalism encourages working to drive folks. One works for ones wealth. 

I believe that it's the inherent desire for wealth and the idea that if one works hard they will achieve it that drives the folks to work. Either way, there is an underlying truth that it's the "love of money" or greed that corrupts both systems and as I've already stated, under those circumstances, I prefer the transparency of the greed that's built into the Capitalist system to the lack of it in Socialism.

[unworthyservant]

4 minutes ago, ayin jade said:

The us is a republic not a democracy. 

We are technically a Republic with a Democratic political system which I called a Democratic Republic. Just semantics.

[unworthyservant]

1 minute ago, maryjayne said:

I don't like either a complete capitalist government or a complete socialist one.

I agree but when faced with the question if I had to choose, I chose based on transparency and only because it's easier to root out the corruption if there's more transparency. I believe that something in between with a finely tuned balance would probably be able to take the best from each system and make a better one. But since I have no control over that I'll just learn to live and do my best with whatever those who control such things saddle me with.

[ayin jade]

1 hour ago, maryjayne said:

The US is a representative democracy.

No. It is a republic. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States

[ayin jade]

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-type-of-government-does-the-united-states-have.html

The US is a republic composed of 50 states, a number of territories, and a district, Washington D.C, which is also the country's capital city. The United States was formerly a British Colony and fully acquired its independence from Britain in 1776. After its independence, the US set out to acquire new territories, some of which were later admitted as states. The government of the United States is quite unique when compared to the government systems of other countries. Several nations tend to model their government around that of the US.

[ayin jade]

1 hour ago, maryjayne said:

I raise you this: https://www.usconstitution.net/constfaq_q76.html

: )))

Your link states the us is a republic. It supports my view. 

At this point I feel like Im arguing politics. Which is draining and not edifying. So Im bowing out.

[Blood Bought 1953]

If we distill everything down to the pure basics , it’s always going to be like this—-If I may quote Bruce Springsteen—- “ Poor man wants to be rich , Rich Man wanna be King, and the King ain’t satisfied ‘till he rules Everything”