All societies face the economic task of producing and providing for all members of society. Modern market societies are unique in assigning this responsibility to the marketplace, thereby creating entitlements to production for those with wealth, and depriving the poor of entitlement to food. All traditional societies have used non-market mechanisms based on cooperation and social responsibility to provide for members who cannot take care of their own needs. It is only in a market society that education, health, housing, and social welfare services are only available to those who can pay for it. The value of human life has been degraded to their earning power. Here are two examples:<\/p>\n
1.\tNative land was taken from Indigenous people in the United States through a variety of means. Some of the ways in which land was taken include:<\/p>\n
a.\tStealing livestock
\nb.\tBurning and looting houses and towns
\nc.\tCommitting mass murder
\nd.\tSquatting on land that did not belong to them1<\/p>\n
The United States has a long history of acquiring Native American land through government acts and treaties made in bad faith. Some treaties were signed with secret provisions written only in English. Others were signed by false \u201cchiefs\u201d who had no authority to represent the Native nations.2 <\/p>\n
2.\tRedlining is a discriminatory practice in which financial institutions, such as banks and mortgage lenders, systematically refuse to provide loans, insurance, or other financial services to individuals or communities based on their racial or ethnic background. The term \u201credlining\u201d originated from the practice of marking maps with red lines to indicate areas where financial services would be denied or limited. \u201cRedlining is widely considered a symbol of racial inequity, as it perpetuated disparities in wealth, housing, and economic opportunities along racial lines.\u201d3 <\/p>\n
All societies face the economic task of producing and providing for all members of society. It seems the bottom line in society is all about land, labour, and money. This is why Polanyi\u2019s The Great Transformation is a book about the Industrial Revolution and the historical development of modern capitalism and its impact on society.
\nCertain ideologies, which relate to land, labour and money, and the profit motive are required for efficient functioning of markets. In particular, both poverty, and a certain amount of callousness and indifference to poverty are required for efficient functioning of markets. Capitalist economics require sales, purchase, and exploitation of labor, which cannot be done without creating poverty, and using it to motivate workers. The sanctification of property rights is another essential feature of markets. Thus, the existence of a market economy necessitates the emergence of certain ideologies and mindsets which are harmful to, and in contradiction with, natural human tendencies. Thus, the emergence of redlining and taking over Indigenous land.<\/p>\n
All societies face the economic task of producing and providing for all members of society. Dr. Clark responds to this by understanding, \u201ccentral to Polanyi\u2019s thesis is the assertion that society and social relationships are vital to humans and the self-regulating market is problematic to that, owing to how the SRM is disembedded from social constraints.\u201d4 Dr. Clark agrees with Polanyi in that, \u201cFor Christians, social life should not be subordinate to the market.\u201d5 This is all quite interesting because Bebbington emphasizes that \u201ceach body in 1880 must be cared for according to the end for which it was formed.\u201d6 All societies face the economic task of producing and providing for all members of society. So, what has happened? <\/p>\n
1.\tWhy is capitalism failing?
\n2.\tWhy were indigenous groups killed or run out of their own society? How has capitalism contributed to this?
\n3.\tWhy was redlining even started? How has capitalism contributed to this?
\n4.\tWhy does the gap between the poor and rich continue to grow? How has capitalism contributed to this?
\n5.\tWhy are so many societies failing to produce and provide for all their members? How has capitalism contributed to this? <\/p>\n
According to Bebbington, in the late 1880\u2019s in the United States many of the sick in body, vagrants, elderly, prostitutes, blind, and poor received attention according to their particular needs from Evangelicals. Evangelical activism carried over into social concern as an end in itself.7 This sounds good, so what has happened? <\/p>\n
6.\tHow has my leadership in the past 41 years been influenced by capitalism?
\n7.\tHow many times have I inwardly boasted about producing and providing for all members of my society and outwardly excluded some in the name of \u201cbeing right.\u201d
\n8.\tThe big question for me, how is my business teaming up with other businesses to educate (not train), help, and intentionally disciple the poor?
\nAfter reading three books on how capitalism has influenced our society, my heart, body, and emotions are being disturbed because I have more questions than answers on what to do next…in fact, I am sure I don\u2019t have any answers. <\/p>\n
1.\thttps:\/\/www.britannica.com\/video\/212505\/shrinking-native-american-lands-in-the-united-states-indigenous-peoples
\n2.\thttps:\/\/flowingdata.com\/2015\/01\/13\/mapped-history-of-how-native-american-land-was-taken\/
\n3.\thttps:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/17\/realestate\/what-is-redlining.html
\n4.\tJason Clark. Evangelicalism and Capitalism (Ch.4 \u2018The Great Disembedding: The Search for Identity Within the Market\u2019 p.127).
\n5.\tIbid, 126.
\n6.\tD. W. Bebbington, Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A history from the 1730s to the 1980s (London: Routledge,1989), 120.
\n7.\tIbid, 120.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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