Protestant Myth #2: MYTH #2: Protestantism Birthed Work Ethic and Capitalism
MYTH #2: The Protestant Work Ethic Ignited Global Capitalism THE PROPAGANDA PITCH: Protestant “work ethics” developed before unseen thrift, diligence, and entrepreneurship, and established modern capitalist economics. Without Protestantism, man would have quickly reverted to the stone ages. +++ The claims that Protestants were responsible for birthing capitalism and a never before seen work ethic are both categorically false. Centuries before the Reformation, the Catholic Church championed the dignity of labor, invented foundational legal and corporate frameworks, and drove an extensive medieval industrial revolution that powered Western economic progress. Capitalism: Not Protestant Or Catholic Indeed, we can leave both The Church and Protestants OUT of any discussion of capitalism in this context. We need only to look at the Bible to see the truth. Of course, the Bible cannot explicitly mention modern capitalisti...