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Originally Posted by Carleton Hughes
Unrestrained capitalism is the real sin,not some barren spiritual concept which is the invention of men,all created to maintain the existing social order of the few over the many.
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I'm certainly tempted to see unrestrained capitalism as the real sin, but it seems, at least from an ideological perspective, that capitalism needs to deny original sin in its traditional format. For if we are all born in sin with no hope for improvement or redemption by our own effort, then acceptance of our fate seems to produce a social malaise. Capitalism needs a stronger sense of free will than sin can allow because it needs people to imagine an improved future for themselves connected to their own deliberate acts of will.