Besides, the pope says the problem today is not government involvement, but lack thereof. Growing inequality, he says:
“… is the result of ideologies which defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation. Consequently, they reject the right of states, charged with vigilance for the common good, to exercise any form of control. A new tyranny is thus born, invisible and often virtual, which unilaterally and relentlessly imposes its own laws and rules.”
In case that’s not clear, he adds:
“In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before the interests of a deified market, which become the only rule.”
That’s not an easy message for anyone to absorb. But apparently it’s especially difficult for Republicans.
Republicans Respond to the Pope - NYTimes.com
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