(ANSA) London, June 23 - Pope Francis is following Lenin in
adopting an "ultra radical line" on the ills of capitalism but
the pontiff is "asking the right questions" about modern
society, the Economist magazine says.
"By positing a link between capitalism and war, he seems to
be taking an ultra-radical line: one that consciously or
unconsciously follows Vladimir Lenin in his diagnosis of
capitalism and imperialism as the main reason why world war
broke out a century ago," the Economist says in a blog entitled
"Francis, capitalism and war: the pope's divisions" analysing a
recent interview Francis gave to La Vanguardia newspaper.
"... But then in contrast with his cerebral predecessor,
Francis does not pretend either to be an academic philosopher,
political scientist or economist ..."
"He observes what he calls the 'idolatry of money' in some
places and hungry children in others ... he concludes that
economists must be missing some important point," the Economist
continued
"Francis may not be offering all the right answers, or
getting the diagnosis exactly right, but he is asking the right
questions," the Economist concluded, "like a little boy who
observes the emperor's nakedness.
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