Subtili diktatūra

Taip Popiežius Pranciškus ryškiai apibūdina šiandienos elito klaidą ir kviečia vargšus ir tuos, karie jais rūpinasi bendrai siekti elito klaidos ištaisymo [1].

Popiežius godumą pinigams  vadina subtilia diktatūra, kuri pasmerkia ir pavergia vyrus bei moteris. Pagal Pranciškų, nekontroliuojamo kapitalizmo produktas - nelygybė - yra pagrindinė globalaus neteisingumo ir Žemės perkaitimo priežastis.

Popiežius giria koperatyvus ir kitas vietines organizacijas, sakydamas kad tokios organizacijos padeda sukurti produktyvias ekonomikas vargšams, kai tuo tarpu žmonės, palikti nuošalėje formaliose rinkose yra eksplotuojami, kaip vergai.

Garsus prancūzų ekonomistas Thomas Pickety įrodė, kad auganti nelygybė yra natūralus liberalios rinkos politikos rezultatas, todėl valdžia turi padidinti mokesčius, kuriuos moka turtingiausieji. Papiežius Pranciškus irgi pabrėžia, kad perduoti gėrybių dalį vargšams yra moralinė pareiga, o ne tik filantropinė veikla.


1.  "Pope's speeches can blend biblical fury with apocalyptic doom. Pope Francis does not just criticize the excesses of global capitalism. He compares them to the “dung of the devil.” He does not simply argue that systemic “greed for money” is a bad thing. He calls it a “subtle dictatorship” that “condemns and enslaves men and women.”


Having returned to his native Latin America, Francis has renewed his left-leaning critiques on the inequalities of capitalism, describing it as an underlying cause of global injustice, and a prime cause of climate change. 

In Bolivia, Francis praised cooperatives and other localized organizations that he said provide productive economies for the poor. “How different this is than the situation that results when those left behind by the formal market are exploited like slaves!” he said on Wednesday night.

The French economist Thomas Piketty argued last year in a surprising best-seller, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” that rising wealth inequality is a natural result of free-market policies, a direct challenge to the conventional view that economic inequalities shrink over time. The controversial implication drawn by Mr. Piketty is that governments should raise taxes on the wealthy."

 “Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy,” Francis said on Wednesday. “It is a moral obligation. For Christians, the responsibility is even greater: It is a commandment.”