Thursday, July 19, 2007

Communism or Capitalism?

"........... reduced man to a force of production. ...It reduced gifted and talented people to nuts and bolts of some monstrously huge, noisy and stinking machine...."

This quote from Vaclave Havel, former president on the Czech Republic on the Communist regime. I read it in an editorial by Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus in his monthly column back in March of 2005 of Columbia.

I don't believe I ever used it in a post-I was going over my 'drafts' which never got posted and this quote figured in one of them. So I use it today.

Of course Vaclave Havel is talking about Communism-but we have a society and government which is very utilitarian with respect to its citizenry. And it will get even more so as we help it along by our living, spending, and voting habits. And then it we won't be much different from the quote above. Already corporations view their employees (no matter how educated or talented) as tools-which are replaceable.

Don't mean to be pessimistic about the future today (see post below). Actually, although we need to continually to strive to bring God to our neighbors and to save souls, the ultimate future for those who hope may be very bright-May God have mercy on this sinner!

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