@ReformHipster If your original response to Mike is how you feel about things like responding to enemies, especially after they're brutally murdered with their spouse, you're not a Christian.
@PastorRobMonroe@philvischer and then look at which American companies were making billions off those conditions. and then think about the American government and the capitalist government of Cuba having helped prop up that arrangement with force.
@PastorRobMonroe@philvischer If you want to use outcomes as a way of determining the heart of an economic system, do yourself a favor and look into the conditions in Cuba before the revolution.
@PastorRobMonroe@philvischer You can think that, I'd say incorrectly, but now you've changed the subject from what motivates socialism (you say it's envy) to whether or not it works.
I'm a history/philosophy student/obsessive btw
@PastorRobMonroe@philvischer I don't think you understand what I'm saying, whatsoever. I don't want their wealth. I want people (who are not me) to not starve to death or die of easily treated diseases while billionaires accumulate. If you think that's envy, I don't know what to tell you.
@PastorRobMonroe@philvischer It's built on the idea that labor shouldn't be exploited and that people have a right to eat/clean water/medical care that trumps the "right" of a billionaire to accumulate more.
@pverntx@philvischer@LostMyHats Christianity isn't the belief that America is a country devoted to the special privileges of Christians over others. It's a belief in a God that loves all enough to make himself vulnerable, like an orphan, or a poor person, or an immigrant, or all three.
@k_mahlburg@philvischer And only a racist would make that commentary. A proud one at that. I don't need to repent for calling out what he said. I'm not celebrating anything that happened today. Also...he "converted" in 2020 when he saw he needed to for greater purchase with people like yourself.