AOC Thinks She Can Rid The World Of Greed, Selfishness And Unfairness By Changing The Economic System

 


Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez or AOC accuses Capitalism of being run and controlled by an elite minority who pursue profit at any and all given costs no matter the harm done to the laborer or consumer.  She also claims that this so-called elite minority have managed to make their profits without having to work and further claimed that:
 
 
 
“They can control our labor. They can control massive markets that they dictate and can capture governments…And they can essentially have power over the many. And to me that is not a redeemable system for us to be able to participate in for the prosperity and peace for the vast majority of people.” [1]
 
 
 
Yet ironically what she is attributing to Capitalism is exactly what Communism is: A system in which labor, the markets and means of production, what is bought and sold, how much things are bought and sold for, and the quantity of everything bought and sold, are dictated and controlled by the ruling class.
 
While granted that Capitalism does consist of different economic classes, labor and the means of production are not controlled by a centralized ruling class as is the case within a Communist society nor are the types of products produced or services provided dictated by a centralized ruling class as is the case with a Communist society, neither is the quality or quantity of the products produced and sold controlled by a centralized ruling class nor the quality of services provided and prices set are determined by the sellers of products and providers of services as they see fit and in accordance with what they deem necessary to be able to operate their respective business or establishment and competition between producers and sellers of the same products and providers of similar services has a hand in determining prices as competing businesses try to draw consumers to them with the lowest prices they can afford to offer but in a Communist nation, competition between sellers of the same product and providers of the same services is virtually non-existent and prices at what is bought and sold is determined solely by the whims of the ruling class who may charge as little or as much as they desire.
 
It is naïve to think that an economy governed and controlled by a civic ruling class will be one that is more fair than one controlled by the private sector for when were governing authorities ever more honorable, more fair, and less greedy than private corporations? Never.  If anything at all, history has consistently demonstrated that an economy controlled by a centralized ruling class is far less fair and prosperous than an economy run and managed by a decentralized private sector and that the ruling class in whose hands the entire economy is placed is far more greedy than many private businesses and corporations.
 
But no one is claiming Capitalism to be without its flaws or faults or that it is devoid of wickedness but if we were to do away with Capitalism in the name of ridding our society of greed and selfishness, we would only be exchanging a greedy and self-serving private sector for a greedy and self-serving ruling class whose laws and regulations will never serve the interests of the public, but only their own selfish ambitions and their own lusts and pleasures.
 
They would be steeping themselves in comfortable luxurious living while the rest of us would be impoverished and living in squalor as has been the case with all non-Capitalist nations. 
What Communist leadership has ever been willing to subject themselves to the same standards that they impose upon their populace? None, and few, if any, ever would.  Most instead, rather than handing out an equal distribution of wealth have only handed out an equal distribution of poverty while hoarding most of the wealth for themselves and those whom they favor.
 
They promise equality and fairness, but what they deliver is anything but equal and anything but fair.  They promise to eliminate poverty and hunger but instead only spread the poverty and the hunger while remaining wealthy and well-fed.
 
In a Capitalist society, greed and exploitation are decentralized as each private entity is bound by its own policies and standards and no private entity is obligated or mandated to be greedy, exploitive, or selfish albeit some are but not all are but those entities that wish to operate on principle will never be controlled by the greedy and exploitive whims of another.
 
In a Capitalist society, there will always be businesses great and small who will operate on principle, who deal with their consumers honestly, and who have regard for the welfare of their workers but when the economy is controlled by the state, as is repeatedly the case with Communism, no place of business is free to operate in accordance with its own convictions and conscience but subjugated to the will of the ruling class and therefore under such circumstances those businesses are not able to deal with their consumers in the way they might wish nor are they able to display the generosity and appreciation towards their workers that they might otherwise want, leaving no escape for either employer or worker, business or consumer from the greed, selfishness, cold-heartedness, cruelty, and ruthlessness of the ruling class dictating the manner in which business is conducted, labor is managed, and how products are produced and distributed to the public.
 
But in a Capitalistic society, if a worker feels that they are being misused, underappreciated, and treated unfairly, they can always find another place of employment from which to earn their paycheck or if a consumer feels cheated, they can always take their business to a more reputable place of business, but in a Communist society, the people have no such choices.
 
In a Capitalistic society, principle is at least allowed an opportunity to flourish but in a Communist society, principle is routinely suppressed by the unprincipled.  But regardless of whether one adheres to Capitalism or Communism, there will always be greed and exploitation and those with self-serving interests and changing the economic system will not change that; if anything at all, attempting to exchange one economic system for another may worsen the problems for which Capitalism is blamed instead of alleviating them because any given economic system is not dominated by any more or less greed, unfairness, and exploitation than the people participating in it and running it and if any given economic system is to be made less greedy, more fair, and less exploitive, then its operators and participants must first become so and not just those who have the most wealth, but also they who are impoverished as well for the manifested greed, unfairness, and exploitation witnessed and experienced resides from within man.  He is born inherently selfish, covetous, greedy, and exploitive by nature and yet at the same time, he has also instilled in him the ability to be generous, content with what is given him, to be selfless, to deal with his fellow man fairly and justly and therefore given a choice as to what he gives himself over to and what he gives himself over to will determine as to how he is judged and rewarded when he stands before his Creator.
 
We were created to be selfless, generous, to love one another, to deal fairly and justly with one another and yet we do not always.  We were created to be one way and yet act in a way that is contrary to how we were made.  What then is this nature within us that causes us to act contrary to how we were created to be except that it is a nature that is tainted and corrupted and a corruption that resides within all of us and exchanging one economic system for another in and of itself is not going to change that nature which resides from within because we will just simply carry that inwardly corrupt nature into the system that we think will eliminate those manifested evils for which the system some may seek to do away with is being blamed.
 
There is a reason why it is written that we first clean out the inside of the cup and platter so that the outside may be clean also (Mt. 23:26) because it is not that which is without that defiles us but that which comes from within (Mt. 15:11, 18-20) and it is that which is from within by which we will be judged and not just the outward performance for it is by that which is from within that causes us to stand condemned before the Lord our God being ever present within us, perverting and darkening our thoughts, hardening our hearts, corrupting our motives, and producing within us a foul attitude and it has ever been so with man since that corruption, which the Bible calls sin, entered into the first man and the first woman, from whom all of mankind are descended, by a single act of disobedience against the Lord God who made the heavens and the earth.  This act of disobedience came by way of eating a fruit from a certain tree, known as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, that they were warned to not eat from lest they should surely die (Gen. 2:16-17, 3:3) and when they did eat of that forbidden fruit, they, as they were warned, eventually died, (Gen. 3:19) but the sentence of death was not confined to just them because sin was not confined to them to just them, but the sin that entered into them and corrupted them was then passed down to all of mankind because all of mankind descends from them and having descended from them, we have inherited from them that inwardly warped and corrupted condition that is called sin and therefore we all in our own ways sin (Rom. 5:12) and as a consequence, we all die (Rom. 6:23) and furthermore, our sin does not affect just ourselves, but its pervasiveness has also brought every kind of ruin, pain, suffering, misery, adversity, struggle, and torment to all of creation itself that there ever has been, ever is, and ever could be which is why it is written that all of creation groans and travails in pain to this very day (Rom. 8:19-22) but even worse than that, our sin, into which we are born, has made us to be estranged and separated from our Creator and it is our sin that condemns us before Him and places us in danger of an everlasting and unimaginable punishment of eternal torment for they who die in their sin cannot be admitted into the Kingdom of Heaven, which is without sin, for if they who had died in their sins were admitted into the Kingdom of Heaven, the taint of that sin would ruin Heaven as it has ruined earth.  Sin affects more than we can possibly comprehend but yet there is hope for the sinner in that the God who will one day judge and punish all sin is also not willing that any should die in their sins and face eternal damnation (2 Pet. 3:9) but that all would come to repentance for this Holy God of righteousness and the source of all justice is also a God of love and it is in His love that He desires to grant mercy, and it is in His love and in His mercy that redemption is made on our behalf and it is a redemption that comes not by our own goodness which falls short of the moral perfection demanded of us (Rom. 3:23) but by one who is morally perfect and who knows no sin (2 Cor. 5:21) and because He came into the world without sin, was able to be that perfect sacrifice needed to take away the sins of the world (Heb. 7:26-27) and the one who is without sin and who served as that perfect sacrifice offered up on our behalf is the only begotten Son of God who is called Jesus Christ who took upon Himself the demanded penalty for sin on our behalf when he willingly gave His blood to be shed on the cross for our sins and it was on the cross upon which He was crucified that the demanded penalty of sin was satisfied and mercy given and after having purchased by His blood our redemption, was raised by God from the dead so that our faith in Christ Jesus for the forgiveness of all sins would be justified (Rom. 4:25)
 
All one need do is to simply place their trust, not in their own goodness, which because of sin present within them falls short of what God requires of them (Rom. 3:23) but in the goodness of Christ which is perfect and which made Him to be that perfect blameless sacrifice needed to take away their sins and to call upon His name for the forgiveness of sins (Rom. 10:13) believing in their heart that God raised Him from the dead and that salvation is found in Him alone. (Rom. 10:9)
 
And it is upon receiving the Savior into our hearts that we are made anew in Him (2 Cor. 5:17) and reconciled to our Creator from whom we were once estranged (v. 18) and it is this inward change that makes us to no longer desire to follow after selfish and worldly pursuits but after those things that pertain to the Kingdom of Heaven,
to no longer take pleasure in those things that are evil and displeasing in the sight of the Lord, but in that which is good, right, and pleasing in His sight,
to no longer desire to walk in the lies of this present world, but only in the truth that comes from Christ Almighty, no longer placing our hopes in the things of this present world, but looking forward to that new and better world to come, (Rev. 21-22)
to no longer rely on worldly resources, men, or even our own power, abilities, skills, and wisdom for our needs and provision but upon God who is able to meet all of our needs, recognizing that the resources of this world and even the people He brings into our lives are but instruments and vessels through which God meets our needs and that the skills, power, knowledge, and wisdom by which we might acquire our provision are provided and instilled in us by God,
to no longer fear what men can do to us, but rather fearing the God before whom we will have to one day give an account for how we lived our lives, (Mt. 10:28)
to no longer look to corruptible institutions within our society for direction and order in our lives but to God who, by His written Word has given us laws and precepts to be applied to our lives and which serve to produce and maintain an ordered life, and who, by His Holy Spirit which comes to dwell within us upon repentance, establishes in our lives a course and direction in our lives to pursue for His glory,
to no longer seek our own glory but the glory of God,
to no longer rally behind corruptible men, but instead behind the incorruptible God in Heaven bearing in mind that those men and women God raises up for our edification are but instruments and servants of His for that respective purpose to which He has called them,
to no longer seek to align ourselves with the things of darkness but only with the things of the light,
to no longer trust in the wisdom of the world but only on the wisdom and knowledge that comes from above, nor depend on corruptible earthly authorities to swiftly administer justice, but only in the power of God to deliver us from evil.
 
And it is this inward change that drives us and demands of us to be better people than we once were not for our own glory or to receive the favor of men, but out of love for the God who has redeemed us of our sins and out of gratitude for the forgiveness and salvation that we have received in Christ Jesus our Lord, Savior, and King and it is this very change that will lead to an economy that consists of just and fair dealings and in which the welfare of the workers and their families are regarded, and in which both they and the consumer are valued.
 
People like AOC are hotly pursuing after outward changes they claim will solve what they perceive to be injustice and the evils within our society but yet are either blinded to or are dismissive to the inward change that must take place in order for the outward evils and injustices to be corrected for if they at any time did consider the inward corruption inherent in all men, they then would have to examine their own nature and not just their outward performance but also condition of their inward person as well and at that point, they would be forced to humbly admit that they themselves need to be changed if they wish to take part in bringing about changes for the better and not only that, they themselves would have confess that they would need to set their sites on a spiritual change within mankind rather than the material and carnal changes that they are seeking because what manner of spirit that a people, a society, a culture, and nation give themselves over to is going affect how households are run, family stability, cohesion within a community, productiveness within the economic sector, how businesses are operated, how consumers and workers are treated and dealt with, how education is taught, how news and information are reported, what is celebrated and exalted in our entertainment industry, and finally, what manner of government we live under.
 
And if everyone were to embrace the Savior who is able to work about in us that inward transformation that makes us want to be the best persons that we can possibly be at heart and in character, would our society and nation attain a perfect state?
 
No it would not for even under the best of circumstances and in the best of societies and among the best of people, there will always be moral failings and fallibility in character, but our nation and society would still be morally better than it is right now and all because we would want to be for the sake of the God who gives us redemption.
 
But we who are in Christ look forward to the day when that which is not perfect will be changed to perfection for just as our souls are made clean of sin by the blood of Christ Jesus who died for our sins and then was raised from the dead, so then one day we will be made free of bodily death when that which was born into sin and corruption is changed into that which is free of corruption and therefore, free of death itself (1 Cor. 15:51-55, 1 Thess. 4;13-18) and finally, all of creation itself will be liberated from the curse of sin when it is made anew and placed under a perfect government and in which there will be no sin or evil, where neither death nor decay will have any place, and in which there will be no misery, suffering, pain, sorrow, grief, adversity, or hardship of any sort, but only life, light, joy, peace, contentment, and happiness for the Lord God Almighty. (Rev. 21-22)
 
If you have not done so already and yet are looking for redemption, a life of purpose and meaning, desire to be a vessel for positive change, and to one day become part of a new and better world to come, then I urge you reader to call upon the name of Jesus Christ today.  Forgiveness and change from within is but a simple sincere prayer of repentance away.
 
 
 
"Lord Jesus I need you.
 
 
I realize that I am a sinner
who has fallen short of the glory of God
and that my goodness falls short
of your standard of Moral perfection.
 
Please forgive me of all of my sins.
Come into my heart and into my life
to be the Savior and Lord of my life.
Make me into the servant and follower
that you want me to be.
In your name Lord Jesus, I pray.
 
 
Amen."
 
 
Know that God is not concerned with the words that you use to call upon Him forgiveness, but with the attitude of your heart and if you have, with all sincerity, have asked Christ to forgive you of your sins, placing your trust in Him only for your salvation and in nothing else, then your sins are forgiven and your place in Heaven is certain.
 
 
 
End notes:
 
 
 
1.  NY Times Post, “AOC denounces capitalisms as a pursuit of profit at all costs run by a wealthy minority,”
NY Times Post, February 5, 2022
https://www.nytimespost.com/aoc-denounces-capitalisms-as-a-pursuit-of-profit-at-all-costs-run-by-a-wealthy-minority/?utm_source=wnd&utm_medium=wnd&utm_campaign=syndicated
 
 
 
Scripture references:
 
 
 
1.  Matthew 23:6
 
2.  Matthew 15:11, 18-20
 
3.  Genesis 2:16-17
 
4.  Genesis 3:3
 
5.  Genesis 3:19
 
6.  Romans 5:12
 
7.  Romans 6:23
 
8.  Romans 8:19-22
 
9.  2 Peter 3:9
 
10.  Romans 3:23
 
11.  2 Corinthians 5:21
 
12.  Hebrews 7:26-27
 
13.  Romans 4:25
 
14.  2 Corinthians 5:17
 
15.  2 Corinthians 5:18
 
16.  Romans 10:13
 
17.  Romans 10:9
 
18.  Revelation 21-22
 
19.  Matthew 10:28
 
20.  1 Corinthians 15:51-55
 
21.  1 Thessalonians 4:13-18