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AtheistCrusader

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2. The Pope is the titular head of the single wealthiest private entity on the planet.

Reply to merrily (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 05:47 AM

Jul 2015

This one is less ostentatious than Ratzinger, but the gold chair and the red velvet and the five hundred dollar shoes are just locked in various storerooms about the Vatican. It's not gone. The wealth is still there.

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Tweet from Michael Moore about the Pope and Capitalism [View all] Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 OP

All I know is, a Pope came thisclose to calling the 1% Satanic shit stains. merrily Jul 2015 #1

The Pope is the titular head of the single wealthiest private entity on the planet. AtheistCrusader Jul 2015 #2

The problem with the titanic(of several)was that it's rudders were too small for fast turns dembotoz Jul 2015 #3

+1,000 malaise Jul 2015 #5

Yes, and I have posted to that effect, including quite recently. merrily Jul 2015 #6

They didn't obtain that wealth the same way though.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #9

I dunno, both seem to be lying to everyone and selling shit AtheistCrusader Jul 2015 #10

I doubt he sees Wall Street as his competition.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #11

And the metaphor is so easy to defend. Android3.14 Jul 2015 #4

Yep. Like the reverse Midas touch. raouldukelives Jul 2015 #7

Polite people prefer ''sulphur.'' Octafish Jul 2015 #8