tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post375590587841758226..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: Early Mormonism on the "Evils" of Wealth (Glenn Beck's Head is About to Explode)Brad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-43706661515654163422012-11-04T20:52:01.131-07:002012-11-04T20:52:01.131-07:00Then again, there's human nature;
In 1874, Yo...Then again, there's human nature;<br /><br /><i>In 1874, Young launched the United Order movement, his final attempt to revive communalism. Resources were pooled through the revived principle of consecration, but private property was not abolished. Individuals received cash returns based on their contributions and labor. The only settlement that abolished private property was Orderville, a community of poor folks in southern Utah that achieved, according to the novelist Wallace Stegner, a rare “communism of goods.” But most Mormons were no more willing to commit to consecration in the 1870s than they had been decades earlier. <b>Nor was Young himself willing to consecrate his own substantial holdings, which included a textile factory in Provo and more than ten thousand acres of farmland.</b></i><br /><br />Boldface mine.<br /><br />very comprehensive article here:<br /><br />http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/magazine/108787/the-mormon-ethic-and-the-spirit-capitalism#Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-67837047711003078052012-11-04T19:23:25.546-07:002012-11-04T19:23:25.546-07:00Brad,
Great post. I wish we could get Beck's r...Brad,<br />Great post. I wish we could get Beck's reaction or response to it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-66992162022245531172012-10-31T21:29:22.049-06:002012-10-31T21:29:22.049-06:00Well, this was written before communism, which suc...<i>Well, this was written before communism, which sucks.</i><br /><br />Well, I'm not saying there's a connection but........<br /><br />Karl Marx: <i>The Communist Manifesto</i> (1848) and <i>Capital (1867–1894)</i><br /><br />Of course the sentiment is as old as the ancients.jimmiraybobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-8615118806959645082012-10-31T16:39:00.857-06:002012-10-31T16:39:00.857-06:00THE EXPERIENCE OF MANKIND has shown that the peopl...<i>THE EXPERIENCE OF MANKIND has shown that the people of communities and nations among whom wealth is the most equally distributed, enjoy the largest degree of liberty, are the least exposed to tyranny and oppression and suffer the least from luxurious habits which beget vice. </i><br /><br />Well, this was written before communism, which sucks.<br /><br />Welcome back, bro. ;-)Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com