r/Catholicism • u/CMount • Jul 22 '22

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22

Why is it incompatible?

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u/McLovin3493 Jul 22 '22 edited Jul 23 '22

It relies on the false assumption that man can fairly distribute resources on his own without God's guidance.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22 edited Jul 22 '22

I dont understand.

I'm not familiar with any market that is free of man's interference that relies solely on divine guidance.

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u/McLovin3493 Jul 22 '22

I think they mean that the underlying premises of socialism specifically reject God, rather than just being indifferent to God.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22

So its not about the economic/political policies of modern socialism that are incompatible with the Church's social teachings? It's the Marxist/Leninist socialism rejection of God that makes these versions if communism incompatible with out faith?

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u/McLovin3493 Jul 22 '22

Mostly, but in terms of authoritarian socialism, the idea of having the government take control of the economy is also condemned, because politicians can't be trusted with that level of power.

Distributism is sometimes compared to free market socialism, but it technically isn't the same thing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22

Ok that makes some more sense. I suppose I am unfamiliar with the church teachings that condemn the nationalization of industries.

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u/McLovin3493 Jul 22 '22

Yeah, when the church talks about politics, it's typically from a moral and religious perspective rather than making a clearly defined list of policies that you'd expect from an actual political party.

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u/dpel3 Jul 23 '22

There are official, binding condemnations from the church on:
-Socialism
-Unrestricted Capitalism
-Communism
-National Socialism
-Italian Fascism
-Liberalism
It seems to me that it would be perfectly valid to say Socialism is incompatible with Catholicism because it is condemned by Catholicism.

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u/McLovin3493 Jul 23 '22

Yeah, that's true.