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Offline Giovanni Berto

Re: Is it wrong for a Catholic to dislike politics?
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2025, 11:44:31 PM »
As far as I know, there's no commandment to "like" anything. We must love God above all and our neighbour as ourselves. Other than this, it's all about tastes.

That said, I think that the more you understand, the more you dislike politics, since it's all a big show full of corruption. Politics as an idea, as a science, is very interesting and necessary, but what we have this day and age is very far from that noble idea.
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Offline Mat183

Re: Is it wrong for a Catholic to dislike politics?
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2025, 12:14:27 AM »
Quote from: Mat183 on December 02, 2025, 03:55:19 PM
How would St. Thomas Aquinas answer the question?  For him politics is the rational ordering of the community for the common good, grounded in natural law, aimed at fostering virtue, and exercised through just authority.
Not sure, but presumably he could look to Lad for some good advice.
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Offline SimpleMan

Re: Is it wrong for a Catholic to dislike politics?
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2025, 07:40:43 AM »
If society were rightly ordered, and ruled by Catholic philosopher-kings, with hosts of courtiers and counselors whose task is to advise the king wisely, the masses of people would not have to worry about questions of government or polity, and could go about their business in both the spiritual and the secular realms, according to their particular gifts.  Sadly, we're far removed from that, and we have to roll up our sleeves and engage in the often-unpleasant task of running things ourselves.  That includes politics.

As Charles Coulombe once put it (I'm paraphrasing), I'd rather be ruled by a king who fears for his salvation if he doesn't govern me properly, than to be led by secular masters for whom I'm nothing more than a cow to be milked.
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Offline Mat183

Re: Is it wrong for a Catholic to dislike politics?
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2025, 08:50:02 AM »
Quote from: SimpleMan on December 03, 2025, 07:40:43 AM
If society were rightly ordered, and ruled by Catholic philosopher-kings, with hosts of courtiers and counselors whose task is to advise the king wisely, the masses of people would not have to worry about questions of government or polity, and could go about their business in both the spiritual and the secular realms, according to their particular gifts.  Sadly, we're far removed from that, and we have to roll up our sleeves and engage in the often-unpleasant task of running things ourselves.  That includes politics.

As Charles Coulombe once put it (I'm paraphrasing), I'd rather be ruled by a king who fears for his salvation if he doesn't govern me properly, than to be led by secular masters for whom I'm nothing more than a cow to be milked.
 
Agreed -- absolutely!
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