Liberation theology and the socialist utopia of a Nicaraguan shoemaker

Abstract

I have read some history and I am going to talk to you about some heavy things that have happened since the time of Christ. Back then the most barbarous things happened against the poor. Because the poor are the weakest, and the brute law began with the strong, that is, before Christ. Those strong ones acquired control over the weak and that's how they began to dominate. Suppose that ten strong ones dominated one hundred weak ones. Through coercion, they forced them to work for them. They made villages and erected themselves as authorities, and that's how class distinction was formed. Afterward, the law of succession was formed and with time, kingdoms were formed. The weak and the poor were the slaves. Of course among the poor there were people who were physically strong and big. But the kings already dominated the situation with their great armies and the organization of dominion. . . . If there was a small community, they fell upon it and swallowed it up . . . there were smart people that in antiquity figured out how to communicate by means of signs, somewhat like letters. This process increased and then came the distinction between the wise, the stupid. Then the strong absorbed these intelligent people. To remain strong, they monopolized all that was good. . . . With time, inventors, wise people, and teachers emerged, and everything belonged to the kings. As the universe became more populated, they understood that the slaves were useful for everything and they