Ep 39. Buy NOTHING and Obtain Virtue
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What is our relationship with stuff? We have an obsession with owning stuff and yet we never have enough things. What if there were a better way to get our needs met? Teresa and JonMarc discuss "Buy Nothing" Groups, what they are, how they help people, and what makes it different from socialism.
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Notes
Buy Nothing Group: Search Facebook for your local Buy Nothing group by searching “Buy Nothing + [your city]
Rerum novarum by Pope Leo XIII - https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html
Meal Train - Set up a meal schedule for someone at https://www.mealtrain.com/
New Polity Virtues & Money playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L02eyfd6tDQ&list=PLAMSXFVVL3axcDLL5R76-5Ad5k-NTAJfp
What the Hell Is an Almonry? New Polity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_kmq-4D9Pk&list=PLAMSXFVVL3axcDLL5R76-5Ad5k-NTAJfp&index=20&t=370s
The Universal Destination and the Private Ownership of Goods
2402 In the beginning God entrusted the earth and its resources to the common stewardship of mankind to take care of them, master them by labor, and enjoy their fruits.186 The goods of creation are destined for the whole human race. However, the earth is divided up among men to assure the security of their lives, endangered by poverty and threatened by violence. the appropriation of property is legitimate for guaranteeing the freedom and dignity of persons and for helping each of them to meet his basic needs and the needs of those in his charge. It should allow for a natural solidarity to develop between men.
2403 The right to private property, acquired by work or received from others by inheritance or gift, does not do away with the original gift of the earth to the whole of mankind. the universal destination of goods remains primordial, even if the promotion of the common good requires respect for the right to private property and its exercise.
2404 "In his use of things man should regard the external goods he legitimately owns not merely as exclusive to himself but common to others also, in the sense that they can benefit others as well as himself."187 The ownership of any property makes its holder a steward of Providence, with the task of making it fruitful and communicating its benefits to others, first of all his family.
2405 Goods of production - material or immaterial - such as land, factories, practical or artistic skills, oblige their possessors to employ them in ways that will benefit the greatest number. Those who hold goods for use and consumption should use them with moderation, reserving the better part for guests, for the sick and the poor.
2406 Political authority has the right and duty to regulate the legitimate exercise of the right to ownership for the sake of the common good.
