EconoWeirdness

Exposing the madness wehind current economic thought

Friday, March 15, 2013

When the things a Pope wrote still made sense

In 1920, Pope Pope Benedict XV wrote Bonum sane:

"The advent of a Universal Republic, which is longed for by all the worst elements of disorder, and confidently expected by them, is an idea which is now ripe for execution. From this republic, based on the principles of absolute equality of men and community of possessions, would be banished all national distinctions, nor in it would the authority of the father over his children, or of the public power over the citizens, or of God over human society, be any longer acknowledged. If these ideas are put into practice, there will inevitably follow a reign of unheard-of terror."

North Korea Propaganda Video Shows Americans Eating Snow And Living In Tents

A North Korean propaganda video depicts "how Americans live today" by showing homeless Americans "drinking coffee cups full of local snow" and "living in tents" because US houses "blow down very easily."