"Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?"

On property, workers of the world, and the struggle out of capitalist thinking

I feel as though today’s newsletter should start with a disclaimer.

We’re going to hang our chat on biblical verse. Atheist that I am, I read the Christian Bible in two ways: as a literary scholar, thinking about the context of initial writing and later reception among mainly Christian readers; and as a humanist, wondering about how its use informs today…