tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874293.post110591697896259314..comments2023-10-21T12:02:06.956-04:00Comments on Qere Ketiv: Creational CapitalismRVWarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02119355195028123284noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874293.post-1110830045302588562005-03-14T14:54:00.000-05:002005-03-14T14:54:00.000-05:00Let me first off say that I don't think that free ...Let me first off say that I don't think that free market capitalism will solve the local economy's problems and would be the worst thing ever for the world to face, although I do like your call to Christians to be disciplined and unselfish. At somepoint, someone famous (I think a shorter chubby Prime Minister of England whose name has eluded me) said something like (I know the specificity is amazing), Capitalism is the best form of many bad options (socialism, communism..). <BR/><BR/>Here is my problem with some of your statements. Even though we live in the midst of local communities, and our decisions effect local communities, we can not ignore our world is moving toward a global economy. Whether you say it exists or not doesn't matter. The fact that many corporations are moving their factories to 3rd or developing world contries for cheaper labor means that we live in a global economy. We can't avoid it. Technology has made it easily possible. How do Christian politicians respond to the idea that the government should have no say in this, that it should be hands off? It seems offensive to me to take a chance to work for justice in the economic arena away from a politician. If the world were run by Christian's that would be great, but unfortunately, free-market capitalism works strongly to the favor of those with the most cultural capital, power, drive, and money. And most of those people use their power for selfish gain. Not for the gain of others. I agree with you that consumers do have have power, and that we can excercise responsible use of our money. But why not accept a government limitation on the amount of goods that can be outsources for slave labor? This doesn't seem like a bad thing to me, although I think slave labor should be banned, and fair wages should be passed on to others. <BR/><BR/>This was somewhat of a rant due to my own feelings on this issue, but it would be fun to sit and drink some fair trade coffee and talk about it sometime. Maybe you can visit our coffeeshop in Indiana and have some good conversations. TJ, The Commonplace's owner is a capitalist striving to do it faithfully, even in the midst of a very broken world, and I admire him for it.David Whitcombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10501623596447010453noreply@blogger.com