tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879333172074849741.post5764687880152973313..comments2023-06-19T05:15:50.210-07:00Comments on Need More Shovels: Analogizing the Marxist concerns over capitalismJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879333172074849741.post-78711411982691708162012-07-29T20:57:10.511-07:002012-07-29T20:57:10.511-07:00Dave, you're right. Most people need to have ...Dave, you're right. Most people need to have new ideas framed in terms they are already familiar with. My own experience is that reading the Bible without the conservative glasses on made me see that it didn't support libertarian conservatism the way they claimed. I find, however, that for those who are already convinced, even quoting the Bible to them results, not in their listening, but in their questioning my commitment to Christ. It's sad.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252374623355509404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879333172074849741.post-88244140193689256582012-07-29T10:51:34.472-07:002012-07-29T10:51:34.472-07:00And yet Kristen so many people in the United State...And yet Kristen so many people in the United States would take one look at the title of the post and the photograph of Marx and immediately become hostile and closed-minded. The possibility that a significant degree of socialism required for capitalism to not eat itself, democratic forms of government, the poor, and the ecosystem, which is born out by over a century of historical evidence, is rejected outright as a form of anti-American devilry. Most of the GOP as it stands today would go apoplectic at notion. And so the notion of moderation, using institutions to ensure fairness and justice and care for all, has to be <a href="http://needmoreshovels.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-us-could-use-more-faithful.html" rel="nofollow">framed in language and symbols</a> with which they claim to identify. Despite the historical animosity between Marxism and state-sanctioned organized religion, Christians and Marxists have a lot to discuss.tinythinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137637122776756669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879333172074849741.post-35229638266494514202012-07-29T04:57:00.158-07:002012-07-29T04:57:00.158-07:00he's not a guest. I don't know what name h...he's not a guest. I don't know what name he wants to use but he's a full partner in the blog.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879333172074849741.post-88489254984655735332012-07-27T15:30:10.463-07:002012-07-27T15:30:10.463-07:00Very well written and interesting. I assume Dave ...Very well written and interesting. I assume Dave wrote this? Perhaps there ought to be a byline for guest posts?Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252374623355509404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879333172074849741.post-88296860834137865372012-07-27T03:23:27.726-07:002012-07-27T03:23:27.726-07:00Excellent contributions Dave. It's getting so ...Excellent contributions Dave. It's getting so bad we going to be nostalgic about good old capitalism which has been replaced with corporate feudalism. I Wish Obama was socializing medicine!Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.com