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The student's explanation treats Franciscan poverty as redistribution: wealth is given away rather than discarded, and property from donors is redirected toward good works.
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Redistribution
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "So he had riches first, right? And he was giving them all away. Maybe he was trying to do good deeds by giving alms."
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He defines socialism as redistribution of wealth from rich to poor, with the middle class gaining power and status as the decisive coalition partner.
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He defines social democracy as capitalism with restraints and a fairer distribution of capital, a natural response to capitalism's concentration of wealth.
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In the palace economy, farmers bring wealth to the palace, the king redistributes it, and the king takes a cut, making taxes a form of renting behavior.
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Jiang says that when oligarchy hardens, people cry for a king because a king can unite them against oligarchs, cancel debts through jubilee, and redistribute land or wealth toward the people.
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"So he had riches first, right? And he was giving them all away. Maybe he was trying to do good deeds by giving alms."
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"So like, he has all this money, and to get rid of it, to become poor, he doesn't chuck it in the river. He..."
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"So that's a question for us. Why would he say this, okay? So let's look at what socialism is. Okay? Let's look at socialism...."
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"...will lead to socialism. And what is socialism? Socialism is a redistribution of wealth. A redistribution of wealth. Now, let's, for the sake of..."
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"Okay. All right. So, capitalism is the belief that you can structure society around capital, okay? And this was a direct threat to the..."
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"So the old order, it was a threat to communism. capitalism what they did was they would mutate social democracy into communism in order..."
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"Look, look, I mean, you can make the legitimate argument that the choice isn't between monarchy and democracy, the choice is between monarchy and..."
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"Why? Because first of all, a king can unite them against the oligarchy. And what a king does is often cancel debt, right? The..."
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"So, let's look at a very specific example, of red seeking behavior. My city in Greece. All right? My city in Greece. So, my..."
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"Everyone, brings everything, to the palace. And then, the king, redistributes, everything, to you. Okay? But also, obviously, he takes a cut. Understand? So,..."
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