Is capitalism the best model?
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Norwegian Mass
Norwegian psychokiller and rightwing fanatic kills upwards of 80 people. What causes this kind of outburst? Is it at all related to personality type? Or is it the unstable remnants who aren't going along with the socialists?
Norwegian psychokiller and rightwing fanatic kills upwards of 80 people. What causes this kind of outburst? Is it at all related to personality type? Or is it the unstable remnants who aren't going along with the socialists?
I don't really see how that massacre had anything to do with Capitalism. The attacker does not seem to have made economic policies an issue. He seems to have been motivated by xenophobia and a hatred for Islam.
The first response of most people (including the reporters from CNN) was to blame the attack on Islamic Terrorism. That is probably what he wanted. He also wanted to hurt the political party he considered most responsible for allowing such an influx of Muslim immigrants. Of course, the current consensus is that his plan will probably now backfire, causing right wing parties that had been gaining popularity to loose it and reminding people that terrorists can come from any background.
A lot of people are calling him a "Christian Fundamentalist," but like most bigots he seems much more concerned with cultural than doctrine. He has called for all Muslims in Norway to convert and be baptized in either the Orthodox, Catholic, or Protestant Churches, and to adopt Christian holidays in place of Islamic ones, but I don't think I've seen anything about him calling anyone to accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior. He says be was born Protestant and chose to be Baptized at age 15, but feels that the Protestant Church in Norway (probably meaning their Established Church, which is Lutheran) has grown far too permissive and needs to return to being more like Catholicism. He most certainly does not exemplify what I would call the fundamentals of the Christian faith, which begin with the commandments "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."
The first response of most people (including the reporters from CNN) was to blame the attack on Islamic Terrorism. That is probably what he wanted. He also wanted to hurt the political party he considered most responsible for allowing such an influx of Muslim immigrants. Of course, the current consensus is that his plan will probably now backfire, causing right wing parties that had been gaining popularity to loose it and reminding people that terrorists can come from any background.
A lot of people are calling him a "Christian Fundamentalist," but like most bigots he seems much more concerned with cultural than doctrine. He has called for all Muslims in Norway to convert and be baptized in either the Orthodox, Catholic, or Protestant Churches, and to adopt Christian holidays in place of Islamic ones, but I don't think I've seen anything about him calling anyone to accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior. He says be was born Protestant and chose to be Baptized at age 15, but feels that the Protestant Church in Norway (probably meaning their Established Church, which is Lutheran) has grown far too permissive and needs to return to being more like Catholicism. He most certainly does not exemplify what I would call the fundamentals of the Christian faith, which begin with the commandments "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."
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Unbridled capitalism seems not so good for the US. Capitalism with more government oversight might fare better. I prefer a Socialist economic system personally. Also I am not opposed to going back to hunter/gather societies as these seem to be the very egalitarian, anyone care to join me?! 