VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI offers a personal meditation on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ in his first book as pontiff, criticizing the "cruelty" of capitalism's exploitation of the poor but also decrying the absence of God in Marxism.
***Can't have it all. I remember when I was young (and idealistic), I was into formulating what Ninoy once coined as Christian Socialism. But it's like two utopian ideals marrying and getting divorced after two seconds. Too good to be true. When I became an employee and started earning my own money, I totally shunned the idea. Capitalism is deeply rooted in the desires of people. Schopenhauer said that the will is the essence of man. Well, in Thomas Aquinas, the will moves the intellect and is an "unmoved mover". Hence, it's hard to take it away from humans. We tend to work for something that benefits us. Utopias are for the philosophers. Who don't get married, and don't send children to high-tuitioned schools. It's hard. But it's the reality.
Besides, Capitalism II is my favorite game. Come on.
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