…the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. [Jeremiah 16:19]
Sure is starting to look that way, eh Catholics?
The Pope just came out in support of homosexual marriage, which of course completely contradicts what the Bible says.
DA: So he’s wrong, so what?
SD: Ah, but the Catholics have been told that he is infallible.
DA: I see what you mean. They sure inherited a pack of lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit with that one.
SD: Actually, the smart ones already knew that when the Popes started coming out in support of Socialism, something that the Popes have all been doing for decades. Mises proved clearly that Socialism is doomed to fail, as our humble blog has explained at length. Not to mention an inductive proof. Meaning look at this list of failed Communist states.
DA: But Dave, there are still 4 that are at least nominally Communist and have not collapsed yet.
SD: Yes, real economic powerhouses like Cuba and Laos and Vietnam and China.
DA: But China is doing great. And when they were even more Communist they did even better. LOL, just kidding.
SD: And the Socialist states aren’t any better.
DA: But what about Sweden?
SD: Sweden isn’t Socialist any more, and it did terribly when it was.
The only difference between Communists and Socialists is their strategy for how to get into power, but their economies are the same.
And I didn’t even mention all the mass murders the Commies have done over the years.
DA: We get it, the Popes sure weren’t infallible about Economics either. But their failure in that department has been well known to Austrians for many years. How did the Catholics amongst them deal with it?
SD: Simple. They said the Pope is infallible about everything except Economics.
DA: So now they will have to add that the Pope is infallible in everything except Economics and Religion.
SD: Pretty pathetic, no? I mean his job description is to tell all the Catholics about Religion.
DA: So he’s infallible about everything except Economics and actually doing his job. I wonder how the sincere Catholics will handle this one.
SD: Hopefully they will say, “Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.”
DA: Or we can watch them twist themselves into pretzels coming up with some kind of defense of their creed.
SD: Have some popcorn.
Smiling Dave on Austrian Economics. 