Tuesday, July 11, 2006

The False Gospel of the Work Ethic

It turns out we're human beings, not human doings.

Update: I decided I was too cryptic here. Before anybody asks, no, I'm not endorsing socialism. I'm basically endorsing Chesterton's remark that revolutionaries generally have a pretty good idea of what's wrong, it's just that they are nuts when it comes to proposing what's right. This guy has his finger on a number of pathologies in a capitalist culture (much as capitalist critics have their finger on the pathologies of socialism).

Personally, I think the Church's social teaching is the way to go.

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