{UAH} Fwd: The folly of 'Fully Automated Luxury Communism'; Is Hong Kong's freedom coming to an end?; Top blog links

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Subject: The folly of 'Fully Automated Luxury Communism'; Is Hong Kong's freedom coming to an end?; Top blog links
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Acton News & Commentary The folly of 'Fully Automated Luxury Communism' By Rev. Ben Johnson • June 26, 2019 A New York Times op-ed published earlier this month titled, "The World Is a Mess. We Need Fully Automated Luxury Communism" is a lengthy excerpt from Aaron Bastani's forthcoming book, Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto. The phrase "Fully Automated Luxury Communism" is another example of the Left's ongoing campaign to affiliate socialism with … anything except real-life socialist societies. Bastani's attempt to associate Marxism, which dug the graves of 100 million people in less than a century, with a cognitively positive term echoes British viral celebrity Ash Sarkar's efforts to brand her ideology "fun Communism" – or even the young Fr. Robert Sirico's naïve belief that, under socialism, "We'll all shop at Gucci." Yet linking socialism, which decimated the economy and physical environment of numerous nations by eliminating the price mechanism, with "luxury" borders on the Orwellian. Read More Acton Line Podcast: Is Hong Kong's freedom coming to an end? SCOTUS takes on regulatory state June 26, 2019 Last week, nearly 2 million Hong Kong residents gathered to protest a newly proposed extradition bill. Helen Raleigh, senior writer at the Federalist, joins the show to explain the current extradition agreements held between Hong Kong and China, why so many in Hong Kong are angry about the bill and how the extradition bill, if passed, would threaten Hong Kong's rule of law. After that, Acton's Trey Dimsdale is joined by Anne Rathbone Bradley, affiliate scholar of economics at Acton, and Adam MacLeod, professor of law at Faulkner University. Together, they break down Kisor v. Wilkie, a case currently pending in the Supreme Court. Listen Now More From Acton Trending on the Powerblog NHS forces mentally challenged Catholic woman to have an abortion If it were possible to localize all the pathologies undermining the West into a single incident, a court ruling handed down on Friday might serve as the one. A British judge has ordered a young Catholic woman with "moderately severe" learning disabilities to have a second-trimester abortion against her will, in a case filed by the publicly funded National Health Service. 6 Quotes: Supreme Court justices on the 'Peace Cross' case Last week the Supreme Court issued its ruling in American Legion v. American Humanist Association—also known as the Bladensburg Cross case. The Court ruled that the 40-foot-tall stone and concrete "Peace Cross" memorial displayed on government-owned property in Bladensburg, Maryland outside Washington, DC does not violate the Establishment Clause. Here are six quotes from the ruling you should know about. State Department releases latest report on international religious freedom The State Department recently released its International Religious Freedom Report for 2018. Mandated by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, the International Religious Freedom Report details the status of religious freedom in nearly 200 foreign countries and territories and describes U.S. actions and policies in support of religious freedom worldwide. National healthcare is driving Christian doctors out of medicine Proponents of a national health care system often describe the program as "all-inclusive." However, a Canadian court ruling and a new U.S. congressional report show that single-payer health care could permanently exclude faithful Christians. Health care workers in Canada's national health service must participate in abortion and physician-assisted suicide because they receive government funding, a Canadian provincial court ruled. How Americans spend their time Every year the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), which measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing. Here are seven figures you should know from the latest report. Read all blog posts Acton Institute  98 Fulton St E,  Grand Rapids, MI 49503  You received this email because you are subscribed to Newsletter from Acton Institute. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive. Unsubscribe from all future emails

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