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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Conservatives Are Ideologically Blind To Capitalist Consumerism's Destruction Of Family Life

Alan: Greed is the signal sin of capitalism, a moral defect so long normalized that most people (and all capitalist "pushers") have come to consider it a virtue.

Greed Is Good: A Dangerous 300 Year History Of The Idea That Greed Is Good
(The Role Of Usury)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/greed-is-good-300-year-history-of.html 


Given the vicious economic milieu in which we are embedded, Capitalism's self-serving promotion of The Seven Deadly Sins fosters particularly insidious outcomes. (Note that the word "vicious" is the adjectival form of "vice.")


Compendium Of Pax Posts: "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Ivan Illich argued that capitalism propels the spread of vice-viciousness by replacing "value" (which is dependent on family and community relationships) with "price" which is dependent on how much "capital" is in an individual's wallet.  

Ivan Illich Compendium


Chesterton: Plenty Of Books Denounce Lust But What Of Those That Encourage Greed
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/chesterton-plenty-of-books-denounce.html

Capitalism, The Greatest Productive Engine Ever, Is Destroying The United States

Carnival Lust, Capitalist Greed And Counter-Productive Christian Finger Wagging
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/carnival-lust-capitalist-greed-and.html

Capitalism, The Greatest Productive Engine EVER, Is Destroying The United States

Greed Is Good: A Dangerous 300 Year History Of The Idea That Greed Is Good
(The Role Of Usury)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/greed-is-good-300-year-history-of.html 


Compendium Of Pax Posts: "The Seven Deadly Sins"


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