Pope Francis, Advocating Socialism, and Saying So

THE POPE delivered a rather toned down speech in congress, but the message was still clear: the Pope, dear reader, is a socialist, and a Christian, both ideologies of which were shared by Joshua Ben Joseph, aka Jesus Christ. "Go thy way, and sell whatsoever thous hast, and give unto the poor...". Notice that Jesus did not say "lend to the poor at a suitable rate of interest", nor "help the poor find work". he said, "give unto the poor". when one gives unto the poor, we might all agree, one is redistributing wealth. redistributing wealth is a grave offense to modern American conservative "Christians", who seem to prefer hard work to giving. Jesus worked hard; contractors have to, and his uncle was undoubtedly determined to get a full day's work out of the lad. But when Jesus said "give", he meant to give, and not to expect anything in return. The Pope mentioned Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day, and Thomas Merton. All three were socialists. Lincoln said: "labor is superior to capital, which is only the fruit of labor, and never would have existed had not labor existed first. Labor is superior to capital, and must always be given the higher consideration." giving labor consideration before capital, dear reader, is the essence of socialism. Dorothy Day, a devout Catholic, proclaimed herself a socialist. she was a social activist, on behalf of the poor, not on behalf of the free market, capitalism, or corporate power. martin Luther King was a declared socialist, particularly late in his short life. When the race riots broke out all across America in the mid sixties, King realized that in order to advocate for African-American equality, one must advocate for economic equality for all. He said this, time and again. Economic equality is a fundamental tenant of...socialism...Thomas Merton, a Catholic advocate for the poor, believed in using the church for social change, for uplifting the condition of the poor. he too believed in giving, without requiring anything in return. The lukewarm reception Francis received in Congress probably means that only the Democrats were applauding with any vigor. American conservatives have three choices: either accept the Pope as he is, refuse to accept him as he is, and instead find ways to criticize him, or try to twist his remarks into something far different than what they were; a free market capitalist and advocate of unfettered capitalism rather the the advocate of socialism that he is.. The most likely choices will be the latter two, criticizing and twisting, for which they are well known.