I saw In Time last night with my best friend. It was a really good movie; Robin Hood meets Bonnie and Clyde and have a futuristic love child. It is really economically and politically relevant, touching home with our current situation.
But as good as it is, it is missing something. Capitalism is bad because its focus is solely about making money and gaining power. So, communism wants to redistribute that wealth and power. But both are focused on money and power; both are easily corruptible. What happened in communist Russia, whats happening here in capitalist America, what happened in the European monarchies can easily happen. Why is that? No political philosophy is intrinsically bad or intrinsically good and yet all have this massive shortcoming.
So, what can be done? Do we just accept the fact that some will always want money and power and do whatever they can to create an environment that facilitates situations like these? Do we buy into the myth that Barack Obama, Newt Gingrich, or whoever can save us? No, as well intentioned as they are, they cannot save us. Maybe for a while they can make things better but the truth is power and money corrupt. Except in Jesus Christ.
In Jesus Christ, money and power don't matter. In Christ, our worth is measured in money or power like these political systems, but our worth is measured in his death and resurrection and how that frees us. If we follow Christ, it won't matter what political philosophy that we follow because we will seek to do his will and use those political philosophies to accomplish that.
