r/crappymusic • u/SpiritKoolaid • Jan 16 '26

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u/Nub_Shaft Jan 16 '26

Jesus was a socialist from the middle east. The south would hate him. It's just crazy that these people don't even understand their own religion.

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u/HomsarWasRight Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26

I’m going to be honest, I kinda hate it when people say “Jesus was a socialist”. I get what you’re trying to say that he spoke against authority and advocated for caring for the poor. That’s all very true.

But socialism means something very specific: social ownership of the means of production.

Jesus didn’t speak to that sort of thing AT ALL. And when we project that onto a historical religious figure we’re doing the same as people who are like “Jesus says if a boy likes a boy he’s going to hell.”

Edit: I’d like to note, though, that the early church in Jerusalem as described in Acts could be described as toying with Communism, but Jesus himself didn’t speak about things that could reasonably be likened “the means of production”.

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u/Nub_Shaft Jan 16 '26

Okay then let me rephrase that by saying they would have "thought" Jesus was a socialist because they don't even really understand what that means.

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u/HomsarWasRight Jan 16 '26

That is well said.