MGB:_The key concept for liberty is the moral sovereignty of the individual, which comes from the nature of free will as it arises from the will striving for the absolute good but never achieving it because the intellect can only give it imperfect choices because this is an imperfect world. Solidarity arises from the free exercise of the will in joining with others, even if those choices are imperfect. Sadly, the decision to work in exploitative capitalist situations is an example of how imperfect the choice is for most workers. Whether the Church is relevant in this choice matrix depeds on the choices it can offer.
Markets are simply the range of available choices. Until new choices are offered, ones with more solidarity, individuals face markets alone. They should not have to, but they have no choice if there are no alternatives offered. It is not liberty, but capitalism, which seeks to strip people of more just alternatives, though the capitalists are in it only for themselves. Market mechanisms for benenfits are not, provided there is adequate income distribution to replace these programs, however I doubt the capitalists are suggesting that.
Solidarity will fix the problems of internationalism, but only if employee-owned firms go global and work in solidarity with their counterparts in the global supply chain. Sadly, few talk about that. That solidarity also makes technology safe for the planet, allowing for the building of individual habitats to grow food and stop corporate agriculture and the development of fusion power to end global warminng.
On transgender issues and respect for gay marriages, the bishop is on the wrong side. Solidarity should be with those that the majority would despise, not the prejudices of the many. Make America Great Again is more about making it white and traditional again. It is a call to reaction and white nationalism. Again, it is not nations that are the problem but the globalization of capitalism.
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