The Philosophical Roots of Wokeism with Bishop Robert Barron
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- This week, we’re bringing you one of the plenary lectures from this year’s Acton University, featuring Bishop Robert Barron speaking on “The Philosophical Roots of Wokeism.”
"Wokeism” is arguably the most influential public philosophy in our country today. It has worked its way into the minds and hearts of our young people, into the world of entertainment, and into the boardrooms of powerful corporations. But what is it precisely, and where did it come from? I will argue in my presentation that “wokeism” is a popularization of critical theory, a farrago of ideas coming out of the French and German academies in the mid-twentieth century. Until we understand its origins in the thinking of Adorno, Horkheimer, Derrida, Marcuse, and Foucault, we will not know how critically to engage this dangerous philosophy.
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We need a million more priests like Bishop Barron! He is courageous, loving, and divinely intelligent. What a gift he is to the faithful.
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I dream of Bishop Barron becoming someday the Pope!
Bishop Barron bringing some light among darkness.
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Thanks for your lecture on the philosophical roots of Wokism. This lecture has given me the reassurance that I needed after writing a letter to the CEO of BBC news and current affairs expressing my dismay that the BBC lends support by way of pandering to or accommodating "special interest " groups. This decision to support these "special interest " groups is leading to dimension in our public institutions. If the BBC continues to criticise our public institutions with such antagonism, then the BBC will be responsible in the medium to long term, the seeds of an anarchic state. God bless you Bishop Robert Barron. Kind regards Valerio Critelli
Please could you give at least one example of a "special interest" group that the BBC panders to. Otherwise, there is nothing to ankor to so what is to be understood from your text?
@@truthseeker7612 Reply from England. The BBC panders to the LGBT+ lobby. I find this sickening. I have even given up listening to their Sunday morning 'religious' broadcast because of the amount of pro-LGBT+ propaganda.
Thanks for airing this program with Bishop Barron who has provided an unemotional, well researched presentation on a social movement which has targeted the basic fundamentals of our society. When was it that ME became more important than “We the people, in order to a more perfect union…”.
BISHOP BARRON OUR MODERN ON EARTH SAVIOR KEN- ROCKY MTS.
Thank you for sharing. Even though philosophy is not easy to understand clearly but Bishop connected it with his view on wokeism well. Thank you.
Yeah strawmen are intentionally hard to understand, but that the speaker's position offered enough credibility to overcome nonsense... Well I guess you heard the dog whistle that you were meant to hear. I come to this channel to "get woke", hearing another person's view allowes us to build understanding and tolerance.
So timely. Understandable! Thank you
Kudos to Bishop Barron always..blessed
Thank you so much for sharing this very interesting talk,more power & blessings to Rev.Bishop Barron🙌
I am applauding here by myself. Very good light on this topic.
Grateful for this..from a fan of Bishop Barron in the Philippines!God bless you Acton Institute and Bp Barron.
Brilliant analysis. Bishop Barron at his best!
This speech about wokeism and DEI should be played at every school in the whole world
Yes, but although I agree with his portrayal of the philosophers he claims have been popularized (though the Marxist critical theorists disagree with Derrida and Foucault in fundamental matters) and I share his criticism of them, and though I love Catholic social teaching, there was one thing that badly missed. In his zest to criticize the Left, he missed the obvious application of the thought he was criticizing to the MAGA right. Loving power over truth, love, justice; giving alternative realities to support their power agenda. That is pure Foucault. In the present context to focus this philosophical criticism only on the Left is dishonest or blind. So make the connection to Left and Right, and I agree with you. Catholics should stand athwart Trumpism just as strongly as Wokism. Both are terrible, but I find woke folk typically more decent in practice than the radical Right.
He's an esoteric religious man, so his reasoning is almost completely opaque to the common man. But he promises a purge, and that is the appeal to the faithful, that they will be allowed to sin in the worst way against outsiders. So no, that's why we keep church and state separate. And prior history shows us the bloody results of a priests hierarchical desire justifying his murderous desire.... so that's the only substance he transmits to his flock.
@@garylovan630Excellent point! I agree wholeheartedly.
Thanks for sharing this, folks. Kudos to Bishop Barron for addressing this (massive) elephant in the room head-on and with aplomb.
This ideology of woke ism has taken a substantial hold on our society for the past several decades. How do we turn this around and will we be able to?
I am so happy to hear THIS Bishop Barron. The past few years had made me wishing for Father Barron to return. Here he is.
Thank you so much, really blessed by Bishop Barron and his wonderful gift of teaching and communicating what could be complex issues in a manner that is clear and digestible.
If the young people are not going to church, go to the young people and bring them back
Saving for later. Would be nice if there was an article on this topic by Bishop Barron, this is something I'd rather read about than listen to.
I plan to listen to it over and over!
Thank you again, Bishop Barron, for helping us understand this malignant "philosophy". Greetings from Brazil.
That’s it it’s putting words of love and justice, as the definition of the action of what Black Lives Matter does. I think actions are more important than words I think, actions to find themselves.
I think when everyone was mortified as we watched a black man murdered in our living room, we all had to stand together and say no. And for you to call that Marxism, because they are not defining it with words is doing a disservice.
A brilliant analysis that helps to clarify that the best way to accomplish what those who propose wokeism want... namely social justice is to understand the Catholic traditional teaching on Justice and Love which corrects the intellectual errors of wokeism and provides the true understanding of social change.
22:20 & 34:42 for any CPI people. Especially fellow Christians.
Excellent!!!
I love listening to Bp. Barron for his deep intellectual perspective that comes from his own labors and research. He is both informative and yet always provides subtle "black hat" information that I am certain he does not consider. I appreciate his words and the words that go unstated.
Well done from beginning to end. I really liked the Catholic teaching V Marxist philosophy…. exact opposites… and the reflections on power differences between Gods supreme power and Marx or the individual wanting the supreme power. From a simpleton’s point of view…. God with supreme power.. allows the Christian individual to say yes or no…. whereas the Marxist wants to be the supreme power ruler… but his followers do NOT have the freedom to choose yes or no… the individual must submit to the all powerful Marxist.
The other big difference, where God teaches justice and love…. Marx teaches ‘the end justifies the means’ and hate….opposites.♥️✝️
Well done, Bishop! As I've heard, you have been appointed to represent the US Church at the Synod on synodality in Rome. May the Holy Ghost guide your steps and interventions. I hope you will voice your (orthodox) insights clearly and strongly when they attack the foundations of Catholic teaching. (Notice that I didn't write 'if ...' .)
You didn't write "if", so I'll try to state this gently. In questioning institutional racism, folks frequently get accused of attacking. And questioning is not the same as being attacked, that's a delusion common among bigots. Like when resisting arrest is the only change, you NEED to ask why was there an arrest to begin with? So while I might expect bigotry in some places, I need to practice optimism and restraint lest I be the one acting with prejudice. I hope that thought is helpful for you. Also understand that the level of intolerance from some institutions necessities a response, examples including: Catholic Orthodoxy withholding non Catholics rights as citizens or even humans.... That's impossible not to question. Don't pretend to be the victim of the people who you would oppress.
I was absolutely enthralled listening to Bishop Barron unpacking this confusion called wokeism. I liked when he said, if the pursuit of civil equality and fighting oppression is wokeism I'm all for it. Regrettably that doesn't seem to be it is. We need an encore...more light on the matter, please.
Thanks much for this video.
Fascinating perspective on the history of how we arrived here. Nobody ever seems to talk about where the appetite for wokism comes from. I often think that it’s fueled by the culture of disrespect from the right wing crowd.
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🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:51 🧐 Bishop Robert Barron discusses the philosophical roots of "wokeism," which has become a significant public philosophy in the US.
01:18 🧠 Wokeism is a popularization of critical theory, stemming from French and German academia of the mid-20th century.
06:17 🔄 Wokeism radicalizes the modern sense of self, prioritizing the inner self over external realities, paralleling ancient gnosticism.
10:12 🌐 Critical theory promotes the relativization of truth, emphasizing power dynamics behind claims and the deferral of meaning.
12:47 💥 Wokeism incorporates an antagonistic social theory, emphasizing struggles between oppressed and oppressor groups.
17:57 🏛️ Wokeism views society through substructure and superstructure, where everything protects and defends the substructure of oppression.
22:09 🔄 Radicalizes the binary oppositions within language and culture, perpetuating a struggle between these binaries.
26:08 💪 Power is the central category in critical theory and wokeism, influencing all aspects of society and shaping its dynamics.
28:47 🤔 Descartes' idea of a voluntaristic God with the power to redefine reality and departure from Aquinas' view.
29:32 🏛️ Shift from God's absolute power to individual will to power, seen in Friedrich Nietzsche's "God is dead" concept.
30:12 🤝 Transition from voluntaristic God to voluntaristic all-creating, self-defining individuals in contemporary times.
31:25 📚 Influence of critical theorist Michel Foucault, who challenges objective truth claims with focus on power dynamics.
32:05 💥 Foucault's focus on power and self-invention, leading to the emergence of the "wokeism" movement.
34:25 🕊️ Catholic Social Teaching emphasizes objective values like love and justice, contrasting with relativism.
35:53 🌐 Catholic Social Teaching promotes cooperation among individuals and social classes, opposing antagonism.
36:23 ⚖️ Catholic Social Teaching rejects the primacy of power and advocates for justice and love as supreme values.
38:01 🔄 Caution against making secondary values like diversity, equity, and inclusion primary, instead valuing justice and love.
44:27 🎨 Appeal to the Beautiful as a way to engage people and potentially counter relativism through forms of beauty.
46:02 🌐 Social media's dual nature: a powerful tool for spreading positive messages globally, but also bearing dark sides and challenges.
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I would like to know after listening to this video, what Bishop Barron‘s feelings are about Ron DeSantis‘s radical policies against wokeism.
I think those in power or seeking after power use/ misuse words and their meanings for their own agendas.
Amen!
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This was very mind opening,I learned a lot.
Just Brilliant. As someone who went to a famous left wing university , LSE , in the 70s , Ive had a ringside seat to all this. I was at university when the Marxist realised they could not bring about revolution in the sophisticated , affluent West and so emerged the influence of Gramsci and Rudi Dutschke , infiltrate the institutions at all levels and take over the capitalist state. I experienced this in my lifetime at first hand as former Marxist student colleagues rose up in education , my profession , and implemented their ideology. With hindsight they poisoned the minds of the young. I remained Catholic and opposed.
As Pope Benedict said , Quote . Charity to all under the unambiguous standard of the cross. Martyrdom and persecution if need be before accommodation. Unquote.
Most inspiring and thank you for remaining true to the faith. I myself appear to have kissed my career goodbye due to a similar environment at a job where they were aggressively atheist in the name of "social progress." They said the Catholic faith was responsible for all the worst things under the sun - and expected to convince me of such. I resisted and remained true to the faith and now have no references to get a new job (I'll likely be homeless by this time next year). Please pray for me.
@@flintwestwood3596 Sorry to hear that. Things are so much worse now Im sure , becoming like a communist country that my wife lived under. Im sure things will work out for you.
@@columbmurray Thanks! I hope the world can get back on track away from this confusion.
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Thank you Bishop Barron.
An interesting video.
Take care and go gently.
Having over prayed, I would quite like you to extend this topic via a series of talks and most of all with another series of topics actually showing plenty examples of "wokism." Constant examples of this modern woke concept with your explanations, could enhance a proper understanding of the term for me. Can you supply such videos explaining the concept in depth?
Obviously, if you are able to, I look forward to receiving your delivery, - starting from the absolute basics. What do you think. Would that be okay with you?
Amen Glory to God in the Highest level of Love forever. 😘😁😘
What we need is Orthodoxy instead of more Heterodoxy. I am glad that someone is teaching what I had to learn mostly on my own. Logos Rises. We need Orthodoxy to also rise with Logos. Real Theology, not philosophical or psychological assumptions and Cultural Marxism!!!
Your grace. That’s how you address a bishop.
Bishop Barron is a treasure.
Comment for traction. This was a great talk/summation. Essentially James Lisday’s early work condensed in 45min. But I did enjoy james’ 3hr sessions on Hegal , Marcuse, gramche.
So this is Bishop Barron promoting the nasty Cultural Marxism Conspiracy Theory. I thought so. His argument made no sense. The first Q&A Barron says he agrees with Woke when presented with the definition of it. But otherwise wanted to say it was "cultural marxism" which is bogus. People can realize there is oppression without any connection to Marx, Marxism, or "cultural Marxism" etc.
Woke is an indigenous term from the community of African Americans. It's origin is in the speeches of Martin Luther King where he tells people to be awake to the prejudices, 2:42 injustices, race in class separations. It is always been a term that African Americans understood well because of Martin Luther King Jr. But two white governors, Florida and Texas, decided to make fun of it and treated as a joke and something to hate. Pure racist comments. The same governors who use immigrants as pawns. The same governors who want to ban their version of the right books in public libraries.
Thank you 🙏 your excellency please fight for Christ & for truth in this upcoming synod on synodality. Because 2+2 does not equal 🟰 5
Such talks and his comments about WYD go along ways to make amends for his language that mimicked practical universalism. Would like him to elaborate on imperfect contrition’s role in saving souls.
In my earlier correspondence, I meant to say disension of authority and not the word decision. Thanks. I hope that you understand. Regards Valerio Critelli
Very good analysis of wokeism, which is a species of postmodernism
I always like the Italian phrase “ti voglio bene” as the way they tell someone they truly love, that they are loved…”i love you”….I wish you well.
Great stuff…..thank you
Is bishops Baron truly trying to instill in us understanding or impress us with his knowledge and understanding and interpretation of philosophy? How many commoners can relate?
Willing the good for another is being able to communicate on a basic level so all can understand not only the philosophical intellectuals
No. He's promoting the Cultural Marxist Conspiracy Theory that is very dangerous and has encouraged many terrorist acts around the world. I think the first Q&A actually addresses what woke is. There he says that he agrees with woke. But the rest of it is him falling in a nasty conspiracy theory that should not be shared by a person like him.
I find some of his talks (like this one) to be quite technically dense, presumably because he is addressing an audience who already have some background in philosophy.
Bishop Barron has a lot of talks on various subjects that are more directed towards laypeople, which might be worth looking into if you are interested.
Another great, enlightening talk by Bishop Barron! Thank you!
BTW - wishing you a glorious evening and as well an amazing 🤩 day ahead tomorrow
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Wokeism is the beatitudes
The beatitudes are the antithesis of Wokeism.
Do you offer accreditations for attending lectures? I chose after high school to forgo the brainwashing of college education and have been attending the videos on this channel since 2016. I would like to pursue a career now but need accreditations or certifications as proof of education. Can you sign me a counselor to guide me through the process? Thank you.
These are such important topics in our everyday culture. Understanding the roots of wokeism is so helpful to interact with the moderns. How it all ties to the truth and compassion of our God is not always an easy transition.
I don't know about everyone else, but I will listen to this podcast a few times to really get the outline of a polemic structure to fight this aggressive and dangerous philosophy.
May God help us!
Action, Rome.
i love the Bishop! i was debateing with a friend what is love? and i said obedience to Love, and she said obedience out of LOve to the Lord :)) .......obedience to the Love is to listen to the objective truth....and not inventing your own love and then decide what to do with it...as if we are the source of love
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Starts at 5:22
humans really know how to complicate basically everything. When we ignore the objective will of the Father and grasp at the divine prerogative of judging good and evil.
Skip the first 5 minutes if you want to avoid listening to "appeals to authority". I share the sympathies of the speaker concerning understanding the roots of the cancer consuming our society. However, the beginning is painful.
Another point concerning "Cogito" at 9:00. If thinking is not to be the arbiter of truth, then what is?
The Decartes error/fallacy is that thinking alone defines one's humanity.
God is the arbiter of truth not our “ thinking”
I suspect that Barron doesn't fundamentally oppose Descartes but is saying that the self-centric idea has mutated and gone too far. And also, my interpretation is that "my thinking" is the arbiter of truth as far as I can experience (because of my flawed existence apart from God), but I recognise that Truth belongs to God. Either alternative is dangerous:
My thinking as the sole arbiter of truth: leads to subjectivism, wokeism etc.
God as the sole arbiter of truth (not recognising that we can only see things through the lens of our own thinking): leads to uncriticality and often a legalistic understanding of Christian doctrine, imposing one's view on others.
Yes, let me just see as I work my 16 hours a day my copy of Theodore Adorno writings in German.
Bishop, we grew up Catholic Midwestern, Irish German Catholic I transported to California. I remember when I would stay home from school sick or not go to church and on Sunday watch debates between a rabbi a protestant Reverend and a Catholic priest, thinking “that reverence seems to miss the question, and can only respond to it by waving his hands and screaming”
We were the result of Vatican two not being fully taught by the priest how to deliver it.
I had mentioned to you that when I was 17 I had picked up Thomas Aquinas, and tried to read his book, but I ended up reading the dictionary instead
If you want to reach the woke, ism age group , you need to walk with them not talk at them.
It’s wonderful that you are writing books for the publishing company but what are you doing to the flock?
We build on our experiences and now that we are at this age it’s time for us to pass it down to the next generation by walking with them like Father Greg Boyle instead of selling books and talking at them.
Correct - wokeism is as what I believe Martin Luther King would say, Christ centered
It is love and it is justice.
But I see your point if you take Christ out of the center wokeism fails.
What is good for God, is good for us. Then, we must know who God is.
Adultry is virtue. This will lead millions to God! 😅
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This was it, in a nutshell. We can choose one of two axioms: 1) Baron's summary of Aquinas, which is (I think) an ascending nurturing, transcend and include growth holoarchy structured on The Good The True, and The Beautiful toward the Kingdom of God, (see Ken Wilber Integral Theory) or 2) A recklessly indulgent and cynical flatland Gnosticism of resentment, envy, and suspicion that sees nurturing holoarchies and God as oppresive power hierarchies to be torn down. Historically, this always results in death, starvation, and chaos. Also, the latter can only grow by parasitizing on the generosity of the former. The ultimate parasite being the Marxist university professor and the metastasizing Woke administrative class it begets.
Is it really consistent with Catholic commitment to the dignity of the individual to call anyone a parasite, no matter how much with disagree with them or how terrible we think their actions? I really worry about this kind of language (and worry when it is used by those on other parts of the political spectrum too)
and I would note Bishop Barron does not use this kind of language against people even when he criticises their ideas
Barons loves to out quote philosopher s not well known to the average Catholics articulate the average catholic
Very impressive your eminence
I laughed at loud when Bishop Barron said that according to karl marx, he would be considered a drug dealer 😂
It is entirely possible for two people to have different values yet be able to love each other. The dynamics of parents and children in any family demonstrates that! Barron is one more "tool" of Roman Catholicism.
I doubt you have true love with different values, if by values, you mean same thinking
As Rumi wrote: "beyond the differences between you and me, there is a field. I will meet you there."...
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Sorta of reminds me of Saint to be Archbishop F Sheen!
You’ve introduced me to more philosophers, I have taken philosophy, ethics, theology, and an every one of those courses I quote you at least monthly, if not weekly. During my weekly Bible study again, but I am someone that has the luxury of being able to have an education. 90% of your flock can’t understand you and that doesn’t mean dumb it down.
The world has changed before everybody could go to college no they cannot.
I’ll say it again you need to go walk with your flock. Don’t talk Adam don’t talk down don’t sell for pays yourself to sell more books.
Matt Gatez, MTG, Jim Jones, Ted Cruz. All sound woke to me. Check it out please
The absolute values of justice and love are threatened today in America. EX-president Trump calls President Biden's administration WOKE. I beg the Catholics to vote for Justice and Love in November--vote for Biden- and save the battle against diversity equity and inclusion for after we save the country from autocracy. Put absolute values before secundum quid. Circumstances demand it
It's sad that most educated people in the world, the average" joe", has at least a college level education, yet only a kindergarten religious education. The other way to look at it ... why not investigate the faith, it might be your life insurance and I do not mean 100 years but eternity with your love ones and true happiness. Seems worthwhile.
This would probably be cancelled in Ireland ....at least in the main media and universities.
11:28
How about what Jesus said: faith is when it will be measured for one as so he does measure. May AI be a part of it? Chinese social rating is something close to that formula of faith?
Picture that will not post shows a child on the left was old enough to pick cotton and the child on the right was old enough to attend Klan rallies, then today's children are old enough to learn about both of these and how they've led us to where we are today.
They look like they’re both three or 4 years old.
I don’t believe you’re against critical race theory. Again, I would encourage you to walk amongst the people instead of remaining in theory in your head in your office.
hi
If you don’t want to listen to the exact same intro twice, skip to 4:20. lol. What the heck is that at 5:30?
You addressed him as a cardinal.😊 not yet.
i certainly agree with the analysis. however, i cannot help but to notate that not if but when the vatican approves in pastoral care the blessings of same sex partners as some sort of gift from God; that this same vatican feeds into the same wokeness of which Bishop Barren speaks about. if repentance is no more than anything goes and anything or any relationship can be blessed, what then is striving for the narrow road into heaven as Jesus has said to do? when the priest blesses the people at the conclusion of the Mass, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, is this not the blessing of the people of God who have come with contrite hearts to change from the sins guilty in a heart into a heart and soul which is guided by the Holy Spirit. The woke culture we live in is the same wokeness of the past which defy the laws of God as well as the Spirit of these same laws. the pope, the cardinals, the bishops the priests the deacons cannot separate doctrine from pastoral care. they can never do this unless they violate the very law of God and the Holy Spirit which guides the church. i am seeing a lot of “i will do it my way”. from the the vatican prelates and not what is taught by Jesus the Christ. Jesus would never go against His Father’s laws as he fulfills them completely; so why would any of the elites in the vatican think they can pastorally bless same sex relationships. then the drag queens in their partnerships will ask this as well as the alphabet schizophrenia of the gay pride agenda movement. that would be a travesty as well as a sad rendition to giving into the woke movement of the day which is so full of itself and its propaganda.
When did anyone at the Vatican bless a same sex couple( maybe just as friends)?
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The mere fact that antiquated terms such as your Excellency is still applied to bishops carries with it all of the history of the cozy relationship existing between the highest representatives of the Catholic Church and the privileged and royalist structures that dominated European society even into the 21st century. Is it surprising then to hear a lecture on the vanity of wokeism and the value placed upon remaining asleep? A smattering of Latin and French terms to give an intellectual veneer is inadequate to conceal and camouflage or rather threadbare discussion of critical theory and the postmodern philosophers.
Amen
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My favorite comment on binary statements is, of all things, a Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan:
"There are two kinds of people in this world, and they both love fried chicken."
I wish Father Baron would speak in clear English in stead of introducing a Latin word, defining it, and thereafter using it in place of the English word. We are not Latin scholars. Telling us what a word means doesn't instantly allow us to understand it in sentences. Please use English. It didn't get much out of this due to the use of extraordinary amount of Latin words used.
Didn't much understand this.
Requires listening again and maybe again. The man is brilliant!
We have a lot to agree about but make no mistake this ideology is toxic!
The philosophical roots of anti intellectual asleepism.
Smart guy great... Do not need to be impressed by his knowledge of Latin!!! Why not use words that are understandable ?????
Hi Bishop Barron, I love listening to you, but this lecture didn’t come across very well. I think starting with the fundamental principles of Christianity and then applying them to wokeism - instead of the other way around - would have been more effective. Also, please address wokeism in the common, cultural sense as most people understand and use it (awareness of discrimination) because no one except maybe philosophers actually think of Descartes and wokeism in the same sentence. I am concerned that folks might listen to this and think it’s okay to ignore discrimination and oppression. Thank you.
Thanks to Bishop Barron for jumping on the band wangon a year later and repeating what has already been said. Would have been genius it it was said when the riots were happening over a year ago. Lets see what the good bishop has to say about the German Synod of sinnality.
Excellent analysis but I question some of it re Marx. Throughout history people have been oppressed by the rich and powerful eg slavery, Nazis as extreme examples of the terrible consequences for the powerless. Throughout history powerful organisations such as the monarchy, the state have backed these powers intrinsically linked to capital to protect the elite and other institutions. They are inseperable. And people have been kept down and indoctrinated to accept their fate.
The roots of
Socialism was to reverse that power balance, which aligns with Christian principles. Of course socialist states and capitalism have been mismanaged by corruption.
I don't think Bishop Barron really addressed this.
Life is not black and white and recognising the good and bad in everything is much more realistic and helps avoid polarized views