tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post117332454897315658..comments2023-10-25T08:46:20.242-05:00Comments on The Distributist Review: GOOD ARTICLE FROM “CHESTERBELLOC”John Médaillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463267750952578888noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-1174784334963051602007-03-24T19:58:00.000-05:002007-03-24T19:58:00.000-05:00Good essay. I think this is the key passage:Distri...Good essay. I think this is the key passage:<BR/><BR/><I>Distributism asks, "Are we better today than we were 10, 20, or 30 years ago?" Can we say a nation progresses or regresses when our fathers used 1/3 to half of their salary to buy the homes we were raised in and today we require two income families paying in excess of one of those salaries? Is this progress?... <BR/><BR/>We are in the epoch of the lease. We rent our homes because we cannot afford the mortgage payments. We lease our cars indefinitely, paying exorbitant amounts a month because we wish to drive what we can't own. Commercial companies even have us believe our mops and brooms should be disposable.</I><BR/><BR/>That our economists and politicians make the ridiculous claim that we are wealthier now than then should give us pause to consider how corrupted we have all become.saltynickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11291968083642235691noreply@blogger.com