For some, any attempt to treat these rights as legally binding — that is to say, as actual rights, instead of polite suggestions — would therefore amount to some sort of “socialism.” Those who hold this view tend to argue that either the popes didn’t know what they were talking about when they originally defined and condemned socialism, or that the people associating legitimate policies from a Catholic perspective with “socialism” are the ones without a clue. Regardless, Catholics have no grounds to categorically reject government involvement in the economy, or the redistribution of wealth.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 14:26:25 +0000