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After watching this video last night before bed, I was reaffirmed in believing that on the online algorithms that takes away our intelligence the same way a man dies by a thousand cuts in ancient Chinese torture chambers father Casey Cole of the breaking of the habit is still my favorite Catholic apologist in the sense that he does not deny reality for the sake of divine purity.
If you watch this YouTube video, one thing I do commend father Casey, for it is the fact of recognizing the capitalism is an inherently imperfect system in its great inequality that goes against many of the churches encyclical writing such as quadregismo anno or rerum novarum that hints of support for a moderate socialist ideals of a strong social safety net the right to organize for better wages and ensuring that extreme wealth inequality does not arise.
But however, once again, father Casey does not shock the boat because after critiquing capitalism and showing some sympathy, for what recent socialist movements are striving, for he does make the presumption that you cannot be a socialist and a catholic, but using the primary of conscience when voting outlined by the uccb that you can vote a socialist as a lesser evil. Even though I obviously do not agree with his view, as there have been plenty examples of Democratic socialist Catholics such as the recent un general secretary Antonio Gutierres of Portugal who also served as prime minister, it still is a very interesting video and I highly recommend this Reddit server. Check it out. Speaking as a Catholic who just recently joined DSA I am not doing this because I am a totally dedicated leftist, but I am doing this because I feel the leftist movements in this country are the key to helping humanitys survival when climate change and fascism arises. And there is some part of me that I wish father Casey would take that into account.
But I do have to also make one more comment that he does continue pushing this view that the communist doctrine supported breaking up the family having frivolous divorce and separating the child from the parents so they can become wards of the state. This might be something that seems a little too simplified to be believed, but understand that the church has repeatedly condemned communist movements yet have had sympathies for democratic socialism movement.
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My name is TJ Campbell and I am part of the graduating class for 2029. I started out my freshman year as a dramatic writing major under the Tish school of the arts, but I am currently planning on transferring to cinema studies for the spring of 2027 and getting a minor in political science.
My reasons for leaving are due to a lackluster second semester due to having to withdraw from four classes due to mental health reasons brought on by stress, addiction, and unfortunately my parents gave me an ultimatum to either change majors or take a leave of absence.
Now my current plan is to take two cinema studies classes and two poli sci classes to see if the major is right for me for the fall of 2026 and to start fulfilling my minor requirements for poli sci after taking democracy and dictatorship for summer success this summer of 2026. If I find that I don’t like cinema studies plan b is just to transfer to CAS for poli sci and then get a minor at a Tisch program.
My current class schedule is I am taking international cinema: origins to 1960 taught by Antonia lant, American cinema: origins to 1960 taught bydan streible, text and ideas: soldiers stories taught by Professor Laura viidebaum; and power and politics in America taught by Sanford c gordon.
My question to this Reddit thread are twofold: is cinema studies worth it or am I making a mistake?
And judging by the list of classes I have given and the professors that will be teaching my classes, can anyone tell me who know of these professors or taken these classes of what I can expect for curriculum material?
I know this is long and sounds like ai but trust me. This is being written in the hot San Diego sun. I am a writer who thinks like Bo Jack horseman dad run on sentences are a good thing 😂
I always been a cradle Catholic and I’m not always the best Catholic because one I don’t do enough, exploring my faith journey on my own because even though I try and pray that rosary once a week, I have never really read the Bible from beginning to end, but I have been reading other articles from liberal Catholic publications like America and common wheel magazine, which have been pretty enlightening and we had to read Pope Leo’s encyclical on ai (can’t remember it off the type of my head) for poli sci class this summer at nyu as part of our discussion in examining the effects of ai.
the reason why I am asking is I do want to be a faithful Catholic by trying to go to mass whenever I can and going to confession once a week because I do respect Catholicism and it’s tenants. And I also cannot deny that my politics lean left, even though I’m not a full-blown socialist as if you were to ask me I fit more as a social Democrat or progressive capitalist. But the one thing I respect about the DSA party is one of its tenants of its platform is ending the electoral college in universal healthcare, which are tenants I support. Plus unfortunately there is not an exclusive social democrat party so dsa for now is a lesser evil.
Now I am just posting this thread just to make sure that if I join I’m not somehow in a bad faith with the church. Now, obviously according to AI had some mixed messages. Just kind of ironic because I’m not supposed to really use AI but it sucks when you Google something they automatically do an AI search. Now I do know historically the church has been very strong and it’s condemnations of socialist and communist movements, but I also know that church teaching celebrates labor rights, and that property should also be only used for the common good and I did know Benedict the 16th made a statement saying that Democratic socialism. Most of its tenants are somewhat in line with Catholic social teaching. Let me know your thoughts down below.
So yesterday, when I was getting a new passport to fly up to New York City on August 29 to begin my second year of university at NYU, I had the option to register to vote in the 2026 midterms in NYC, as I got an email from NYU. Unfortunately, as you may know, DSA isn’t technically an independent third-party minor party, but rather a political organization that works within the Democratic Party; when I was looking for a political affiliation, the only option I had in NYC that fit my far-left perspective was the Working Families Party. No, I don’t know much about this party. All I knew was from its Wikipedia page. Bernie Sanders said the Working Families Party’s 2016 platform most closely matched his own political orientation.
Does DSA in New York have a good working relationship with the Working Families Party, and what are the ideological differences between both parties? Overall, is the relationship between the two organizations positive comment down below
The truth is I wanna join DSA I have always admired left of center politics because I have reference for the new deal because I liked that idea of the only way of saving capitalism was through providing a strong social seeking app for the working class to alleviate fears. And I have started leaning more towards a Democratic socialism because I took a political science class called democracy and dictatorship, and I noticed that for many capitalist powers the reason why they live at access to the boat is precisely because the more people that have the right to vote the more about affect capitalist interest. also, my biggest tenants are ending the electoral college having multiparty democracy and having universal healthcare. When I found out that DSA is a supporter of the stuff that I am mentioning, I wanted to join, especially being in New York after zohran mammalian has an amazing first year as mayor.
Here is my dilemma in joining. I come from a very upper middle class wealthy capitalist, family I go to a great school without any student loans. I have never had a minimum wage job apart from helping out with my family because they own condos in national city of California. And the only reason why I don’t identifies as a democratic socialist frankly is because out of guilt because I’ve benefited so much from capitalism. I mean, God forbid my own. Grandpa owned a contracting company that made money off of the military increased of Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush. And I also want to say that the only dilemma I have in exploring other more far left ideologies out of Democrat socialism as I do feel that I do believe that the people should have a voice in political matters instead of authoritarian bureaucracy because I think the human inclination for power always takes over despite the noble intentions of creating a classless society. I know all of this seems like a lot and I’m kind of writing this off the dome but I’m just asking. Does anyone else come from privileged positions like me with DSA in New York aCity and how do you reconcile wanting to advocate for Democratic socialism or social democracy, while coming from a system, you would inherently benefit from even though your critiquing.
ai summary: If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) decides to challenge Chuck Schumer in a 2028 Democratic primary, early polling suggests she would be in a surprisingly strong position. A hypothetical matchup from a Data for Progress survey showed AOC leading Schumer by 19 points (55% to 36%) among likely New York Democratic voters. However, she has not announced a Senate run and is also weighing a potential 2028 presidential bid. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Factors Favoring an AOC Primary Win
Now let me get one thing clear as someone who recently followed the sub Reddit, because even though I have much sympathy with a Democratic socialist party of America, I am more leaning towards a social Democrat due to my affinity of mutual policies and the fact that I don’t know enough about socialism to fully abandoned a free market framework. And I have seen a lot of your recent Reddit post talking about the Michigan senate primary and you have had valid critiques of this candidate such as the fact that maybe his association with farther figures like the hasan piker might affect winning over more traditional voters and certain areas of the Midwest. But what I don’t respect about the sub Reddit if you have kind of lump in Sayed with the far left strain and yet on a recent TikTok post on the CNN account, Saeed clarified that he isn’t a believer in socialism, but just be believing in a larger social safety at like universal healthcare within capitalism. Is this information a lot of you already knew or is this information that might change your opinion of him? Because what I’m wondering is if the awareness of Saeed is because you thought he was a socialist with me telling you that he doesn’t subscribe to socialism does that give you a more positive opinion of him and there will be less negativity?
Before I do an AI generated summary of what it basically is let me give you context david hollenbach is a Jesuit priest and as a catholic I’ve been studying how Catholic social teaching can relate to my economic outlook and David Hollenback wrote a paper in 2010 in support of Obama care and used term social market economy which he believed was most reflective of Catholic social teaching because of its emphasis on the Catholic position that free markets should reflect the needs of individuals for the common good and not purely just the profit incentive. Now I did some research and found out that the social market economy is also related to Ryan land capitalism advocated by chancellor Adenauer of west Germany
Here is social market economy definition ai slop:
Core Principles
Free Competition: The market sets prices and guides business, but the government stops monopolies and unfair rules.
Social Safety Net: The state uses tax money to fund healthcare, pensions, and help for the unemployed or sick.
Economic Balance: The goal is to mix individual business freedom with social fairness and public stability. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Origin and Example
West Germany: The model started here after World War II and helped create the post-war "economic miracle".
The Middle Path: It rejects pure laissez-faire capitalism on one side and strict state-planned communism on the other
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One of the reasons why I have remained catholic is the same reason as to why the woman I mention up above remains Catholic despite having politics that lean to the left of the economic spectrum. I was drawn to keep to my catholic roots when I first learned about catholic social teaching senior year of high school at a catholic known as cathedral catholic in San Diego. One specific teaching of catholic social teaching was the dignity of workers. I respected the Catholic Church that they understood that the best way to allow and encourage conservative lifestyles of no contraceptives, abortion, and the celebration of traditional familiar dynamics comes from economic security. Along with my love and reverence for catholic traditions such as receiving sacraments and going to confession, that day in learning about Pope Leo XIII and rerum novarum forever ensured I would remain a catholic.
I mention all this to you because I have been wondering if there are any catholic commentators or apologists who had the same political viewpoints as me and matching their relation to catholicism as well. My specific views are as follows: I self identify as a new deal democrat but leaning towards being a democratic socialist (I have made a vow not to be one until I have experience as a wage laborer since I have yet to have a real job due to being at university or managing capital) yet when it comes to social issues I view abortion as evil and that one should encourage family life yet I also believe the best way of achieving a culture where family dynamics are promoted and abortion discouraged is not purely through legislation discouraging Reproductive rights but rather though economic liberation so that families can be allowed to be better prepared for unexpected pregancies.
As you well know though, most catholic commentators today don’t fit these beliefs of mixing socialism with Catholicism especially due to Benedict xvi (at the time known as cardinal Ratzinger) strong condemnation of Liberation theology which tried to mix Marxist and socialist elements with catholic social teaching itself. It left me feeling like the odd man out. That is until I found Elisabeth Bruenig, a prominent mainstream opinion writer for the dying legacy media newspapers of the new york times, the Atlantic, and the Washington post. Self described as a ”Catholic Socialist,” she has articulated a perspective that combines socialist economic views with her catholic faith after conversion from her Methodist faith. She is pro welfare state, anti capitalist, but also views abortion as intrinsically evil.
So my final question to this subreddit is two fold: Does anyone know who elisabeth Bruenig is and what are your thoughts about her, and second fold am I a heretic for trying to believe in Christian socialism with a variation mixing my catholic faith? Let me know in the comments down below.
he’s starting to pop up more on my YouTube for you page. I remember he became famous in catholic circles for that one book he wrote called why we’re catholic that it seemed went viral. My own catholic family has a copy. Furthermore, I knew he runs a website called catholic answers which is a pre ai source of disproving and clarifying questions most people ask about the Catholic Church. Yet I am disturbed because the one video I saw of him was him deriding James Martin and father Casey cole for their interactions with the lgbtq community. Now for those of you who may not know in this subreddit, I have praised father Casey Cole’s youtube channel Breaking the habit? As one of the main reasons why I have remained catholic even though I have yet to become fully an Every week mass attendance catholic and find his videos super informative. I even made a Reddit post calling him for our discord the r/left Catholicism‘s robert barron. So it surprised me to see Trent horn come after two prominent catholic apologists (James martin didn’t surprise me as much) as I didn’t know he was one these cultural war apologists. I would love insight and explanation to who this guy is and what he stands for.
Though I have my own theories to the answer, as a catholic who kept faith even though I identify as a new deal democrat/social democrat (not socialist yet as I am still young and in college and have made I a vow not to identify as a socialist until I have experience as a wage laborer or some interaction with protecting real capital assets to use real world experience to inform my political world view) I would love to hear your guys theories to the question that I have posed.