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Monday, September 26, 2016

Trump's Full-Throttled Promotion Of Greed, Traditionally One Of Christianity's "7 Deadly Sins"

"The merely rich are not rich enough to rule the modern market. The things that change modern history, the big national and international loans, the big educational and philanthropic foundations, the purchase of numberless newspapers, the big prices paid for peerages, the big expenses often incurred in elections - these are getting too big for everybody except the misers; the men with the largest of earthly fortunes and the smallest of earthly aims. There are two other odd and rather important things to be said about them. The first is this: that with this aristocracy we do not have the chance of a lucky variety in types which belongs to larger and looser aristocracies. The moderately rich include all kinds of people even good people. Even priests are sometimes saints; and even soldiers are sometimes heroes. Some doctors have really grown wealthy by curing their patients and not by flattering them; some brewers have been known to sell beer. But among the Very Rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egoistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it."  G. K. Chesterton

Carnival Lust, Capitalist Greed And Counter-Productive Christian Finger Wagging
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/carnival-lust-capitalist-greed-and.html

"Christian Conservatism: "The Saved," "The Damned," "The Rich," "The Poor"

Greed Is Good: A Dangerous 300 Year History Of The Idea That Greed Is Good
(The Role Of Usury)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/greed-is-good-300-year-history-of.html 

Capitalist Pigs And Avarice: The Pathognomic "Deadly Sin" Of Our Age

The Seven Deadly Sins
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-seven-deadly-sins-create-your-own.html

The Seven Deadly Sins Mapped And Measured By Kansas State University Geographer

Compendium Of Pax Posts: "The Seven Deadly Sins"
Compendium Of Best Pax Posts: Plutocracy, Economic Inequality And Collapse Of Conservatism

Capitalism, The Greatest Productive Engine Ever, Is Destroying The United States


Chesterton: Plenty Of Books Denounce Lust But What Of Those That Encourage Greed

Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of G.K. Chesterton Posts



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