tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post2433381814847901614..comments2023-10-25T08:46:20.242-05:00Comments on The Distributist Review: Distributism is Dying...John Médaillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463267750952578888noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-75141438621026829772009-11-02T10:57:14.666-06:002009-11-02T10:57:14.666-06:00Thanks to young men like Jeremiah, we can be sure ...Thanks to young men like Jeremiah, we can be sure the word is getting out and the discussions are held again.....Chris Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330217544238982513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-53220003194929374172009-02-09T13:08:00.000-06:002009-02-09T13:08:00.000-06:00The authenticity in Catholic teaching starting fro...The authenticity in Catholic teaching starting from a weak Christological representation is one reason such an idea is not very commonly known. Try the question...how Catholic are our Catholic Schools? Do we embrace Christology, or do we get by with Jesus?Besorgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10971819580344165047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-77547485870184832782009-02-07T20:29:00.000-06:002009-02-07T20:29:00.000-06:00Jeremiah,You are correct that Distributism is defi...Jeremiah,<BR/><BR/>You are correct that Distributism is definitely not dying, but rather it is thriving. One may argue that soon (if not already) actual interest will rival that of the early movement.<BR/><BR/>Our readers may not be aware of this, but Distributism wasn't just advocated by a few friends enjoying a pint at the Devereux pub. No, the early movement spawned 24 branches of the famous Distributist League, cooperated with the Catholic Land Association, and was endorsed by writers in journals such as <EM>Blackfriars</EM>,<EM>The Universe</EM>,<EM>Commonweal</EM>,<EM>The Catholic World</EM>, and <EM>Orate Fratres</EM>, to name a few.<BR/><BR/>Chesterton's paradox of few capitalists was just that. Allow me to explain.<BR/><BR/>First, Chesterton and the distributists argued that if by capitalism we mean a surplus system then even the communist was a capitalist. After all, who wants a shortage? Second, some might be surprised to learn they did not accept the argument that capitalism had simply gone awry or had been hijacked by some radicals bent on material acquisition. Rather, they insisted that capitalism wasn't capitalism at all, but rather proletarianism, i.e. a system –from its very conception- bent on maximizing profit and dependent on wage slavery. Therefore, capitalism always had and will continue to have few capitalists, because by its very nature the system worked against the widest diffusion of property ownership.Richard Alemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05272016770106926094noreply@blogger.com