“Latin America’s first pope has frequently lashed out at the injustices of capitalism and the global economic system that excludes so much of humanity,”
Well, which is it that he wants? This statement is attacking capitalism, which is not in practice anywhere, while also saying that the global economic system of redistributing wealth ends up excluding most of humanity from prosperity....
Seems rather lacking of intellect to me.
Capitalism, as I think you point out, isn’t an exclusitory system.
So how can someone accuse something that isn’t exlcusatory as being exclusatory?
What he seems to be going after are plutocracies and crony capitalism.
I don’t think he lacks intellect in doing so. I think the MSM, which is interpreting and reconveying his words to fit their own preconceived notions are the ones who lack intellect ...