MGB: It is good to see some of the bishops embracing a bit of radicalism, both in opposition to Trumpism and the Alt Right and in the economic sphere. We need more that that, however. Going back and forth in the traditional policy ruts on immigration and social welfare keeps you in the same discussions. On markets, freedom is not the problem. Hierarchical control of the workplace and the product markets by capitalists are.
We need new discussions, which must be found outside traditional channels. The time is come to talk employee ownership, democracy and cooperative consumption to replace hierarcy, individual consumerism and public poverty programs (which are never adequately funded). While respect for life can be at the core, support for children through higher wages must be through adulthood, not merely until birth.
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