tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4846555030583453313..comments2024-03-19T08:09:22.326-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Michael Novak, RIPAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-8862545546612185872017-02-19T21:39:46.936-05:002017-02-19T21:39:46.936-05:00A quote from the obit: "Socialists have long ...A quote from the obit: "Socialists have long attacked market-based economies for their inequalities and consumerist frenzies, but, as Novak argued, their arguments invariably compared luminous socialist ideals with the often prosaic realities of capitalist societies." I wonder if this is a common lie we all tell ourselves.<br /><br />I have seen something similar among Christians claiming that "women have not been discriminated against because it says right in Scripture..." ignoring the realities on the ground. That is less true now - in fact, it is a very mixed picture in a feminised church. Today it depends what church you are talking about, and in what sphere. <br /><br />Yet nothing like what one hears imams declare about the status of Muslim women: "No, no, everything is fine, because the Koran says they have important and equal status, therefore, what you accuse us of is not true."Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.com