Wait, am I not forced to pay taxes? And isn’t any progressive tax by definition redistribution? United States confirmed as socialist, you heard it here first!
Comment on Socialism is the actual teaching of Jesus
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
No. Socialism is a form of government that relies on forced redistribution, which is not something Jesus ever advocated for or practiced. He DID encourage people to share their wealth and take care of the poor, yes, but he never took anything by force in order to give it to them, and he never told people to do so either.
wpb@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Yes, progressive taxation is a feature of socialist government.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Whoa. Its hard to get it that wrong.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
What did I get wrong? Where did Jesus advocate for forced redistribution by government?
zbyte64@awful.systems 3 weeks ago
Jesus literally said to pay your taxes. What is a tax other that forced redistribution?
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Yes but did he say paying your taxes will remove the obligation to take care of your neighbor?
I’m kinda missing the verse where he said “Give Caesar what is Caesar’s, and let him take care of the poor.”
MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Where did he condemn gay folk?
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
What does that have to do with anything?
The question was whether or not he advocated for socialism.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Socialism is an economic theory second to the form of government. IOW, you can have authoritarian + socialism, authoritarian + capitalist, or whatever combination might exist, like Democratic + socialism, or social policy.
All systems rely on forced redistribution in some form unless it’s anarchy.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Did Jesus ever advocate for trusting the system?
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You might as well ask me what Gandalf advocated.
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He was literally teaching people that other governments and ideologies woukd be absolutely obliterated
No human system would be left
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
So you have no idea what Jesus advocated for, but you’re confident that he’d agree with you…