Justice and Righteousness
GC Spivak states that “If one wishes to make . . .global social justice, one must unmoor it from its elite safe harbors, supported by the power of the dominant nation’s civil polity” In other words, if there is to be “social justice” in poor countries, one must expose the elitist values there. Exposing this value system shows the way to real consciousness-raising. If, say, an organization does not seek Euro-US forms of justice but seeks to set poor countries free from the fetters of “dreaming the American dream,” justice must happen in the particular countries themselves. In my opinion, escaping to the US and fleeing poverty by coming across the ocean or equator only sets those who (im)migrate to a country with no home. (Im)migration is not the answer to the injustices of the Global South and the East. Redistribution of wealth will not work (besides, good luck on that one). The real present elites will be holding tight to their funds.
As a matter of fact, the redistribution of wealth that has happened in the past two years has not benefited the poor. Homelessness abounds, and the government does not see its way to remedying it. The academics, entertainers, and government all participate in a big fiscal fiasco that brings them more wealth. Meanwhile, they erroneously blame some amorphous entity (the taxpayer, frankly) for being the hegemony (powerful). Justice is the Lord’s, and the fullness of His bounty will be righteously distributed. Justice does not exist without righteousness. God is on the right side of history, that is, the side that wins. When righteousness reaches a country, it will prosper. Jesus Christ has turned the order of things to rightness; though the Evil One, Satan, seems to rule, Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension have proven the Way to rightness.
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