http://catholicexchange.com/2009/02/09/115459/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/02/09/115459/comment-page-1/#comment-38219 PrairieHawk Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:38:51 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=115459#comment-38219 The American people need to stop acting like consumers--people whose main contribution to society is purchasing goods--and start acting like citizens again. Citizens are people in a covenant relationship with the whole of society, of which the economy is just one part. Maybe all Americans should be required to take an oath of citizenship when they turn 18 to drive this point home: this is our nation, our forefathers died to conceive it and to protect it, and we belong here by virtue of our relationship with God. I think that if everyone understood these things, we'd be far less willing to let politicians, and their politics, rule the day. Pretty radical stuff, I know, but the times call for radical measures. The American people need to stop acting like consumers–people whose main contribution to society is purchasing goods–and start acting like citizens again. Citizens are people in a covenant relationship with the whole of society, of which the economy is just one part. Maybe all Americans should be required to take an oath of citizenship when they turn 18 to drive this point home: this is our nation, our forefathers died to conceive it and to protect it, and we belong here by virtue of our relationship with God. I think that if everyone understood these things, we’d be far less willing to let politicians, and their politics, rule the day. Pretty radical stuff, I know, but the times call for radical measures.

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