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2025-05-09 13:43:541. Property is a Natural Right
"By nature, every man has the right to possess property as his own... The results of labor should belong to those who bestowed their labor." (¶6, 10)2. Reject Socialist Theft
"Socialists strike at the interests of every wage-earner... Community of goods must be utterly rejected. It is contrary to natural rights." (¶4, 15)3. Free Contracts > State Coercion
"Let the working man and employer make free agreements... Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal, well-behaved earner." (¶45)4. The State is Not God
"The State’s role is to protect natural rights, not destroy them. It may never absorb property or family authority." (¶14, 35)5. Voluntary Association > Violence
"Workers’ unions are a natural right. The State must not violate this liberty unless associations threaten public order." (¶51, 52)6. Sound Money & Hard Work
"Rapacious usury is condemned. A man’s wages are his own; to deprive him of it by fraud cries to Heaven." (¶3, 20)Final Boss Energy: "The law should induce as many as possible to become owners." (¶46)
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/975498