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I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism
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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2213485" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-francis-rich-people-who-exploit-the-poor-are-bloodsuckers_us_573de208e4b0ef86171d77af" target="_blank">Pope Francis: Rich People Who Exploit The Poor Are 'Bloodsuckers'</a></p><p></p><p>Pope Francis isn’t mincing words in his latest denouncement of those who exploit the poor. </p><p></p><p>The pontiff was in his element during a passionate <a href="http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/05/19/pope_the_rich_who_exploit_the_poor_are_bloodsuckers/1230913" target="_blank">sermon at the Vatican on Thursday</a>, berating rich employers who hire and fire poor people with callous disregard for their workers’ wellbeing, and who refuse to give their employees health care, pensions, or vacations. </p><p></p><p>He called people who take advantage of the poor in this way “true bloodsuckers” who “live by spilling the blood of the people who they make slaves of labor.” </p><p></p><p>...</p><p>Pope Francis has often spoken up about the “<a href="http://fortune.com/2015/09/14/pope-francis-capitalism-inequality/" target="_blank">idolatry of money</a>“ and the evils of economic systems that treats people like commodities. </p><p></p><p>In the end, Francis left his listeners with a poignant metaphor about the importance of helping others:</p><p></p><p>“A glass of water in the name of Christ is more important than all the riches accumulated through the exploitation of the people.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 2213485, member: 56035"] [URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-francis-rich-people-who-exploit-the-poor-are-bloodsuckers_us_573de208e4b0ef86171d77af"]Pope Francis: Rich People Who Exploit The Poor Are 'Bloodsuckers'[/URL] Pope Francis isn’t mincing words in his latest denouncement of those who exploit the poor. The pontiff was in his element during a passionate [URL='http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/05/19/pope_the_rich_who_exploit_the_poor_are_bloodsuckers/1230913']sermon at the Vatican on Thursday[/URL], berating rich employers who hire and fire poor people with callous disregard for their workers’ wellbeing, and who refuse to give their employees health care, pensions, or vacations. He called people who take advantage of the poor in this way “true bloodsuckers” who “live by spilling the blood of the people who they make slaves of labor.” ... Pope Francis has often spoken up about the “[URL='http://fortune.com/2015/09/14/pope-francis-capitalism-inequality/']idolatry of money[/URL]“ and the evils of economic systems that treats people like commodities. In the end, Francis left his listeners with a poignant metaphor about the importance of helping others: “A glass of water in the name of Christ is more important than all the riches accumulated through the exploitation of the people.” [/QUOTE]
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