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by etna_ramequin 1026 days ago
Luther’s 95 theses literally condemn « indulgences » as promoting greed… I assume you were making a reference to Weber’s work (the Protestant ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism), which happened a few centuries later and has been heavily criticised and nuanced since.
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He's riffing on the famous Gordon Gekko quote from "Wall Street".
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