Conservatives

Angelo's illustration for Luke 16:1-13 stimulates me to write about corporations, conservatism, and Jesus' teachings. Yeah, again with the corporations.

It really seems so simple and straightforward to me.

1. Jesus said "You cannot worship God and wealth."

2. Business corporations whose stocks are publicly traded in the market have, under current law, only one duty -- a fiduciary duty to their stockholders. That means they're obligated to put stockholders' financial interests above all else. Net income and net worth are their only bottom lines. The production of wealth is the sole interest of these fictive legal persons.

3. As a legal person, a corporation of this type is literally a soulless person and feels unconstrained by any human values other than "wealth is good", "more wealth is better", and "no amount of wealth is enough". Thus, maximizing profits is at all times its only operational goal. Providing products and services are but means to this goal.

Author, JESUS RODE A DONKEY: Why the Republicans Don’t have a Corner on Christ

Conservative and Evangelical Christian Republicans have remained some of the strongest supporters of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Why? Some of the churches are training their youngest members to identify, objectify, and kill their enemies, through violent video games, although they insist they’re just shooting pixels, not real people.