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Our imagination for the common good has absolutely been capitalized by the quest for affluence. Do we not want to tax millionaires/billionaires because we think one day we will be them?
Our current president and his policies have devastating consequences and I don’t want to pretend otherwise. But looking at how the US has consistently refused to adequately tax the ultra-rich makes it clear who is actually in charge of this unequal and unjust society.
I’m a Christian in part because our tradition/scriptures finds the idea of a millionaire in a society where people struggle with their daily needs to be a sin against neighbors.
Gimme that old time obsessed with economics because economics directly impacts people made in the image of God religion
Here’s an experiment: the next time you watch a show/movie where someone is supposed to be “middle class” take a look at their house.
More likely than not it will be a million dollar house, sometimes more! This is a creeping normalization of affluence. Same with Instagram influencers, etc. Our desiring it normalizes it, and I believe makes us less likely to hold the rich accountable to the common good.
