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We live in an age unlike any before modernity: capitalism and liberalism—the height of Satan’s work in the world—have no precursors nor parallels.
How do move not right or left, but forward?
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How do move not right or left, but forward?
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Early Christians could convert the Kings of the pagan world and turn these powers to righteous ends.
But modern capitalist powers (whether states, businesses, or banks) are built on a fundamental rejection of the Common Good.
But modern capitalist powers (whether states, businesses, or banks) are built on a fundamental rejection of the Common Good.
Under capitalism, there is always a conflict created between labor and Capital; thus, integralism is impossible without a radically new economics.
(Saint John Paul II, Laborum Execrens §7)
(Saint John Paul II, Laborum Execrens §7)
There is no conversion of Capitalism: only the subordination of Capital, which must be toppled from its domination of society.
Only in a truly post-capitalist world can we see a return of an integralist society.
The medieval vision of integral unity cannot be accomplished if we do not escape modernity.
The medieval vision of integral unity cannot be accomplished if we do not escape modernity.
This is not a regressive vision.
Some technologies which do not serve human ends (stock trading AI, for example) will be elimated.
But the end of capitalism allows for the rise of more technologies which actually serve humanity:
Some technologies which do not serve human ends (stock trading AI, for example) will be elimated.
But the end of capitalism allows for the rise of more technologies which actually serve humanity:
The future of a resistance to capitalism must be global, not national.
Otherwise it will be co-opted to serve state capitalism.
The trick of fascism against religious workers has hurt our cause many times.
Otherwise it will be co-opted to serve state capitalism.
The trick of fascism against religious workers has hurt our cause many times.
But this international movement must NOT be built on the errors of Marx.
Rather, it must come from the universal “catholicity” of the One True Church.
Rather, it must come from the universal “catholicity” of the One True Church.
But the organization of workers cannot be premised on the individualist “equality” of liberalism.
As we learn from the Church and from history, this liberal “freedom” is a lie and an empty abstraction.
As we learn from the Church and from history, this liberal “freedom” is a lie and an empty abstraction.
Nor can we accept the rejection of all natural hierarchies seen in Communism.
These ideas reject the Kingship of Our Lord, ending in atheism.
And in the vacuum of just power, a dictator will inevitably arise (as we see in many Communist experiments).
These ideas reject the Kingship of Our Lord, ending in atheism.
And in the vacuum of just power, a dictator will inevitably arise (as we see in many Communist experiments).
So what new hierarchies must be formed amoungst a class of international and God-fearing workers? How to find good leaders?
We should reject the dead dream of restorationism. This reactionary nostalgia should be prudently abandoned.
Monarchy, on the other hand, should not.
We should reject the dead dream of restorationism. This reactionary nostalgia should be prudently abandoned.
Monarchy, on the other hand, should not.
Liberals (conservatives and progressives) prattle about a ‘democracy of the people.’
Leftists fantasize about the ‘dictatorship of the proletariat.’
But perhaps we should begin to envisage the ‘monarchy of the workers.’
Leftists fantasize about the ‘dictatorship of the proletariat.’
But perhaps we should begin to envisage the ‘monarchy of the workers.’
This is far from a complete vision for serving the poor, fighting for justice, and contemplating the future of integralism.
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Praise be Jesus Christ,
