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[[File:welfarnotcharity.jpg|right|300px|thumb| A passion for social justice by any means and method may create the mechanism for greater injustice. The cure often can become more deadly than the disease if we do not under stand the side effects. [[Legal charity]] often [[divide]]s and weakens the people while making them poor at the same time it may centralize power in the hands of men who will call themselves as [[benefactors]] of society while they destroy liberty<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref> of the people. ]]


== Social justice ==

[[Social justice]] is supposed to be a concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society. But over the centuries ideas creep into the thinking of society that actually abandons what is fair and just for the individual under the guise of social justice.

Further, social justice is often used for the reallocation of resources based on an arbitrary standard imposed by society often through government and people who want to turn the [[world]] as they see it [[upsidedown]].

According to a UN report on ''[[Social Justice]]'', the term is defined, “Social justice may be broadly understood as the fair and compassionate distribution of the fruits of economic growth. Social justice is not possible without strong and coherent redistributive policies conceived and [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/2414 implemented by public agencies” with no mention of the "private organizations"] or the individuals who establish them. 

* "The UN report goes on to insist that: “Present-day believers in an absolute truth identified with [[virtue]] and justice are neither willing nor desirable companions for the defenders of social justice.” 

* "Translation: if you believe truth and justice are concepts independent of the agenda of the forces of progress as defined by the left, you are an enemy of [[social justice]]."  Transcript of [https://www.prageru.com/video/what-is-social-justice/ Jonah Goldberg for Prager University]  

Of course this is the opinion of an institution of power that sees itself superior to the individual where [[rights]] were originally endowed.

This is when the beast devours its creator.

The '''"forces of progress"''' are the ''progressive forces of government power'' in the hands of someone other than the individual. The natural right to choose vested in the individual by his creater and past down from generation to generation are undermined by the ideologies of the ''progressive forces of left''. It often starts with a cry for [[democracy]], steadily moves to levels and degrees of [[socialism]], until the [[masses]] [[degenerate]] enough to apply ''[[The Psychology of Totalitarianism]]''.

== Social Justice the claim ==

This thinking that [[social justice]] can ultimately be achieved through government [[force]] is contrary to the original use of the term "[[social justice]]" and even common sense. It is contrary, if not self-defeating and even destructive to the goals claimed by ''modern social justice warriors'' because they do not understand the social consequences caused the habit of receiving [[benefits]] through the institution of [[force]]. 

{{#ev:youtube|rtBvQj2k6xo|300|right|"Social Justice" is a term you hear almost every day. But did you ever hear anybody define what it actually means? Jonah Goldberg of the American Enterprise Institute tries to pin this catchall phrase to the wall. In doing so, he exposes the not-so-hidden agenda of those who use it. What sounds so caring and noble turns out to be something very different. Time 5:31}} 

The term social justice has been defined and redefined over the years until it is almost undefinable. One reason for this is because in almost every modern social justice warrior (SJW) beats the micro heart of a [[tyrant]] who is willing to take his neighbor's rights away in the name of his own brand of righteousness.

By nature a [[democracy]] allows the people to rule one over the other. When social groups divided by anything other than [[Social Virtues]] they can become the ''[[voice|voting blocks from hell]]''. The ideologies of modern [[social justice|social justice warriors]] will thrive in a democracy fed generously with the gifts gratuities and benefits from rulers.  that mature. In such a [[State]] where the people become accustomed to the [[covetous practices]] of taking from one group to satisfy the appetite of another the nature of society itself will be altered. 

With the [[power of choice]] comes responsibility and [[temptations]]. <Br> The more the people [[cry out]] for more and more [[benefits]] like universal income, health care, and even public education provided through [[legal charity]] provided by the power of the [[State]] and at the expense of their neighbor the less they will [[hear]] the cries of [[tyranny]] and [[oppress]]ion. The [[masses]] will [[degenerate]] into [[perfect savages]] until society literally commits suicide and [[despots]] and [[tyrants]] rule again. He does not realize thr nature of these practices will [[degenerate]] the [[social bonds]] of a free society which has ruined and destroyed liberty throughout history.

Some claim that the concept of ''[[social justice]]'' can be traced through the theology of [[Augustine of Hippo]] and the philosophy of Thomas Paine but which ''concept'' of ''social justice'' are they referring to? 

While Augustine  never used the term ''social justice'' his "vita socialis" can be "understood as residing in neighbourly love, grounded in his understanding of the common origin of humanity." <Ref>Chiba, Shin (1995). "Hannah Arendt on Love and the Political: Love, Friendship, and Citizenship". The Review of Politics. 57 (3): 505–535 [507]. doi:10.1017/S0034670500019720. JSTOR 1408599</Ref> He believed that society ran on love and "What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like." 
The idea of using the power of government to force equity by taking from one group to provide for another would be in opposition to John the Baptist, Christ and the whole Bible and injustice. Augustine believed that "In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?"

In 1840 a priest named Luigi Taparelli using the term ''[[social justice]]'' advocated that levels of society, having both rights and duties, should be recognized and supported by individuals as members sub-societies<Ref> sub-societies "a body of individuals living as members of a community."</Ref>. These individuals should cooperate rationally avoiding competition and conflict. 

The work of another priest Antonio Rosmini-Serbati who pioneered the concept of ''social justice'' in 1830 with the Institute of Charity {Societas a charitate nuncupata). Charity is the antitheses of forced redistribution of wealth.

We see the same distinction made later when  Friedrich Hayek criticizes the concept of ''social justice''. 

He is not talking about individuals working in small groups operating by charity with an equality of choice and opportunity but those societies engaged in the use of authoritarian powers while lacking the accepted moral standard of "Thy shalt not [[covet]] anything that is thy neighbors". 

== Social Justice fallacy==


{{#ev:youtube|pn2gda_phAA|300|right|"Social Justice Fallacies" is [[Thomas Sowell]]'s latest book and explains why  What sounds so caring and noble turns out to be something very different. Description, SOCIAL JUSICE wide-ranging interview, Dr. Sowell discusses the consequences of our society's embarking on a quest for equality at the expense of merit. Even if every group in society is given an equal chance, he explains, these groups will end up with disparate levels of income or education. Dr. Sowell also criticizes the concept of systemic racism; his research reveals it doesn't appear to apply to blacks (watch the interview to see why that word isn't capitalized here) who are married. The interview concludes with Dr. Sowell reading a moving passage from his book.__Time 45:m}} 

According to  the book "Social Justice" written by John Rawls philosopher at Harvard there "two things that Society should arrange". 

[[Thomas Sowell]] rebutts this by saying:
: "Interior decorators arrange governments compel. It is not a subtle distinction." 

In the interview hw explains:

: Well if you're going to try to get some kind of result you have to specify through what kinds of mechanism you expect to get that result and different mechanisms whether it's the government the market, the Red Cross whatever they have their own individual things that they're good at and not so good at. And so you can't get the social justice result that you want unless you have the kind of uh institution that's likely to produce that result. politics is not that kind of institution."

All forms of institutional  [[socialism]] or [[communism]] implicitly rely on a political governments for the redistribution of wealth or adjusting of outcomes using the power of a legal regimes to alter the proportions for various groups or individuals. These subsequent rulers of those governments who [[exercise authority]]<Ref name="exauth">{{exauth}}</Ref> one over the other while claiming to be the [[benefactors]] of society are engaged in [[covetous practices]] which will make people [[merchandise|human resources]].

: <B>"A high IQ and low information is a very dangerous combination." [[Thomas Sowell]]</B>

The ''means and methods'' of redistribution of wealth within societies must be by the mechanism of [[fervent charity]] alone to maintain liberty.<Ref name="desliberty">{{desliberty}}</Ref> 

Any form of  [[legal charity]] through the [[social welfare|State]] will begin a process of [[degenerate|degeneration]], altering the [[masses]] and their [[culture]].

'''“While an equality of rights under a limited government is possible and an essential condition of individual freedom, a claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.”''' Friedrich A. von Hayek, ''The Mirage of Social Justice''

{{upsidedown}}

== Right side up ==

Knowing which way is up will take humility if we are to change the way we were thinking when we changed our world which got us upside down.

[[Early Christians]]' viewed being a [[believer]] and having a [[Believer#Belief_in_God|belief in God]] much different than the [[Modern Christian]]. The [[early Church]] was doing things much different than we see in the [[modern Church]] today. But there was a difference between [[public religion]] and [[Pure Religion]] which produced the [[Christian conflict]] with [[Rome]].

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| '''Comments on "Social costs"''' 
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| "Social costs"<ref>Social cost in economics may be distinguished from "private cost". ... The social cost is also considered to be the private cost plus externalities. Rational choice theory often assumes that individuals consider only the costs they themselves bear when making decisions, not the costs that may be borne by others.</Ref> can be examined in economics but also in [[society]] itself. [[Society]] is often  "An association or company of persons united together by mutual consent..."  but may merely be "the people in general".
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| "Social costs" in the kingdom model are easier to calculate. Since the economy is substantive and real-time without usury there is little dependence on debt and therefore less "market failure". Secondly, because the power of governing remains divided within the hands of the individual under basic property rights the ideas of government intervention to regulate is already on the head of every individual people must make "rational" choices for their actions since they will pay the consequences of their action.
: There can be unaccounted ''social cost'', externalities, and some market failure but they become more irrelevant because responsibility is both in the hands of the individual and spread among them.
: What needs to be accomplished in the case of "'''externalities'''" were done through private investment or Administered through the [[Church in the wilderness]] and the [[early Church]] by [[freewill offerings]] to the minister of choice within the [[network]] of [[tens]]. This competitive choice compelled a servant government to provide the most for the least cost. It also allowed [[titular]] representation as a pure [[Republic]] without the compromise of personal rights.
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| This was not done through an [[money|invented currency]] which would be in violation of the warnings about the [[Golden calf]] and [[One purse]]. The monetary system of the original  [[Common Law]] and the [[Natural Law|law of nature]] and nature's God always depends on present [[value]] or some form of [[Commodity money]]. To create an unlicensed exchange is a crime in most States.
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| Then there is the matter of '''[[Social justice|Social Justice]]''' which is often defined as:
* [[Social justice]] is a concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society.
:: The terms "fair and just" are relative terms often determined by cultural morality and private virtue.
* Social justice is also defined or characterized in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. 
:: The question may and needs to be asked "distribution" by whom?
:: In the Kingdom model, the ''distribution'' is first by the individual producer in a substantive economy not by [[benefactors]] who exercise authority one over the other.
:: In the Kingdom model the sacrifices or the [[Corban]] of the people is the result of [[freewill offerings]]] in [[charity]] an not the result of [[taxation]] or force because such systems would ''make the word of God to none effect''.
:: The power of ''distribution'' is "within you" the individual in the kingdom model.
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| [[Early Israel]] and the [[early Church]] were also pure '''[[Republic]]s''', what [[Tacitus]] called '''Libera Res Publica''', where the people were ''free from things public'' and the leaders were not rulers because they were [[titular]].
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| They organized themselves in a network of [[free assemblies]] by [[Tens]] which was the  purpose of feast gatherings like [[Pentecost]].
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| The [[Temples]] and [[Altars]] had a purpose.
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| People [[covet]] those [[benefits]] provided by the ''[[Fathers]] of earth'' and are entangled in the [[yoke]] of [[bondage]]. 
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|* What did [[Rome]] have in common with the [[world]] today?
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|* What are the [[Welfare types|two types of government welfare]]?
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|* Were the [[Levites]] the [[church in the wilderness]]?
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| * What did the [[Levites]] and the [[early Church]] have in common?
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Socrates (through Plato's dialogue Crito) developed the idea of a [[social contract]], whereby people are expected to follow the rules of a society, and accept its burdens because they have accepted its benefits. This means the more [[benefits]] one receives from society the more burdens one will be expected to endure. If the benefits are provided through [[force]] by way of [[taxation]] then the burdens will be imposed by the same force through the power of the [[State]]. If the [[benefits]] are provided by way of [[charity]] through [[freewill offerings]] then the obligations to [[society]] will also be performed through freewill choice. In that simple truth, we may see why [[The Way]] of Christ sets men free and all other ways bring man back into [[bondage]].

If "Justice is, for Plato, at once a part of human virtue and the bond, which joins man together in society" then "Justice is an order and duty of the parts of the soul, it is to the soul as health is to the body."<Ref>"20th WCP: Plato's Concept Of Justice: An Analysis", D.R. Bhandari.</Ref>  The soul of society becomes the soul of [[Cain]]. You, may at any time, choose to go the way of [[Cain]], [[Nimrod]], [[Pharaoh]] or [[Caesar]] which will alter your soul and the soul of society to which you cling or you may repent and go [[The Way]] of Christ [[seek]]ing the [[kingdom of God]] and his [[righteousness]] through which you will be born again.

If you believe that it is okay to force your neighbor to provide for your benefit through the power of the State then by reciprocation through a continuation of that precept it is also okay for the State to impose obligations and duties upon all of society. That too is social justice.

The [[early Church]] and the [[early Christians|early Christian]] society shared a common [[communion]] through [[fervent charity]] and the [[Eucharist]] of Christ. They were not only excluded from the benefits of those of those [[benefactors]] who [[exercised authority]], those "[[Fathers]] of the earth", for conscience sake but eventually they were barred by legal constraints. The [[Mark of the Beast]] is a test of the resolve of the soul for those who do not receive it but also for those who have.

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: '''"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me."''' [[Matthew 25]]:40 

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[[Capitalism]] does not need to lead to a  "few rich oligarchs" if the people remain generally moral. Among a basically moral people who do not covet their neighbors' good and actively care about their neighbor as much as themselves, there is no threat of an oligarchy taking control. 

[[Socialism]] requires the same general moral people who care about others, but such people would have no need for socialism because they would already be sharing what they produce through systems of charity without the exercising of authority as a collective. Without a moral people who care about their neighbor's rights to their own production, a socialist system becomes a nation of tyrants where the mob takes away the rights of others and the people become weaker, with laziness and self-indulgence in their lifestyle. http://www.preparingyou.com/wiki/Socialism

[[Social justice]] supposedly assigns rights and duties in the institutions of society, which enables people to receive the basic benefits and burdens of cooperation, but in the [[kingdom of God]] the distribution is based on moral criteria in order to produce a fruitful outcome. This is a duty of [[Religion]], and to make it [[Pure Religion]] you must distribute the true needs of the individual by the individual for the intrinsic benefit for the individual while attending to the '''[[weightier matters]]''' including the use of good judgment and mercy with diligent and persistent faith.

But a more selfish and arrogant "social warrior" imagines the relevant institutions created often include [[taxation]], compelled social insurance, public health, public school, and public services financed by that taxation ... and debt. They imagine that these [[covetous practices]] used to ensure fair distribution of wealth, and equal opportunity, are their [[salvation]]. '''[[Polybius]]''' makes it clear that such patterns corrupts society. Peter says it will make you [[merchandise]] and [[curse children]].


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In the review of the book "[[Robert Burk|Human Rights versus Legal Rights: why the church must separate from the state]]", part two of the four-part series deals with social cost and social justice.

== Social costs ==


*  "Open rebuke is better than secret love." [[Proverbs 27]]:5
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*  "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." [[Revelation 3]]:19
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see also [[Robert Burk|Part 1 and 2  of the series.]]


Is [[Social justice]] a form of [[public religion]]?

Is a [[believer|belief]] in [[Social justice]] and those who en[[force]] it a belief in strange [[gods]]?


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