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Originally Posted by Mynydd
There is a quote by Daniel Defoe that I can't find, where he argues man as a commodity of a production which increases as man increases in numbers. Much in line with Weber's The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism.
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Weber is usually invoked by those who cherish liberal capitalism and "protestant work ethic" ie. worldview.
I read Weber recently...it seems to me he had not such a positive view of the whole phenomenon, he just described it.
I think in several places in the book he described the man shaped by this protestant capitalism in a very unflattering, almost scornful way...
Maybe I find the quotes and put them.