Another quote from 'The Last Western' for Anonymous...

Another quote from my re-reading of this wonderful book, and one that Anonymous will like (I think)...

"Brother Andrei suggested the pope declare himself a Marxist and lead the church into communism.

It is impossible to think of new structures while private property continues. The ownership of the goods of the earth by a handful of private individuals is the greatest evil in the world today,” said Brother Andrei. “How can we create the conditions for true life as long as this demon reigns a king? Mind you, brothers and sisters, I do not deny that Marxism is also a box. I do not say that life flourishes in the Marxist states, which, as we all know, show many of the same tendencies of the old capitalist states and which are also today streaked with monist tendencies. I say only that the church cannot be a sign of human community as long as it condones and encourages and dignifies the concept of private ownership of the lands and the sources of production, since this ownership inevitably falls to the clever of the brutal or the strong or the acquisitive and makes most men slaves.”"

Just remember that these are dribs and drabs from the book. It is truly wonderful, but these quotes are taken out of context. (I'm just trying to see if you're awake, I guess...)

---