viewed from a christian perspective:
"property is owned by the individual" - idolatry of the self.
"property is owned by the community" - idolatry of the community, that is, of every self.
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there are idolatries, self-contradictions, and both.
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any secular political system will allow idolatry. from the christian perspective, we must therefore ask if such a system allows the self a free choice between idolatry and submission to God in the various expressions of life (worship, money, time, work, &c). if that system maintains..
- an individualistic view on property: the self clearly has such a choice with respect to that property.
- a collective view: that choice is removed; the self at once has everything, and nothing.
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finally, self-contradictions should not be enthroned as defining presuppositions.
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