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  • nighty@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist. - Hélder Câmara, an archbishop

    • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Câmara identified himself as a socialist and not as a Marxist, and while disagreeing with , had Marxist sympathies. In the Fallaci interview, he stated, “My socialism is special, it’s a socialism that respects the human person and goes back to the Gospels. My socialism is justice.” He said, concerning Marx, that while he disagreed with his conclusions, he agreed with his analysis of the capitalist society.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hélder_Câmara#Views