Divide et impera (was: California elections & bilingual ed)

[Richard Marens]

> I think Rerum Novarum was written out of fear that many working catholics
> would leave the church for socialist/communist parties.
> 
> Frances
>
Absolutely, but the Church needed a formula that would not
entirely alienate the upper class.  Its no coincidence that programs such
as works councils in Germany were advanced by the "labor" wings of
Catholic parties and often treated with suspicion by the socialists.