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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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Consider also that the only people in many countries who made really big money were the ones in the trading companies who fought pirates, stole land and gold from natives, worked them to death, and/or sold them as slaves.
What's a measly 100% ROI when you can throw out the rules and do what you want in the guise of "enlightening the savages and bringing them civilization and Christianity?"