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Originally Posted by kerry
There's a longstanding argument that Calvinism taught people to think that they weren't really entitled to anything, causing the rise of capitalism. If you combine that argument with this apparently odd requirement of high return on borrowed money and the cultural principles for the expansion of capitalism begin to come together.
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In theory, yes. It would have you make damn sure that it would succeed. However, in practice, how many people do you think it influenced? IOW, how many do you think decided "Oh, I can't make that kind of money. Best not borrow and stay home" and how many decided "I can do it. I'll go borrow the money." vs the others who paid lip service to it?
In theory, it would weed out the non hackers but in practice, would it be different?