“But the demonic energy of capitalism needs to be constrained, and democratic politics is the traditional way of doing so.”
Demonic? Far from it! Capitalism is the greatest tool of true progress and prosperity ever devised. Like all tools it is a good servant but a bad master. Consider the alternatives to Capitalism and the havoc they have wrought in just the twentieth century, such as the murder of a hundred million or more people.
You CAN have morality without politics. What you cannot have is the reverse, politics without morality. And Pope John Paul II was wrong, a cranky old prelate preaching a structure of guilt and shame about money and sex, fearful that somebody somewhere might be enjoying themselves.
“But the demonic energy of capitalism needs to be constrained, and democratic politics is the traditional way of doing so.”
Demonic? Far from it! Capitalism is the greatest tool of true progress and prosperity ever devised. Like all tools it is a good servant but a bad master. Consider the alternatives to Capitalism and the havoc they have wrought in just the twentieth century, such as the murder of a hundred million or more people.
You CAN have morality without politics. What you cannot have is the reverse, politics without morality. And Pope John Paul II was wrong, a cranky old prelate preaching a structure of guilt and shame about money and sex, fearful that somebody somewhere might be enjoying themselves.
I look forward to reading Rabbi Sack’s book.