Capitalism absorbed Christianity because it was dominant at the time it came into being. What Christ said isn’t important, what’s important is that Christianity could provide structures capitalism could latch onto that enabled it to grow and consume everything in its path. If Christ and capitalism are at odds capitalism always wins.
So yes they are incompatible, but at the same time they aren’t. Christianity is exactly what capitalism wants it to be.
If Christ and capitalism are at odds capitalism always wins.
Excellent statement. A good example of this happening is with usury/charging interest. The churches forbade it in most forms for a very long time,only permitting it on a wide scale in the 16th century. Coincidentally, just so happens to be when capitalism was rising. Totally a coincidence I’m sure.
Capitalism absorbed Christianity because it was dominant at the time it came into being. What Christ said isn’t important, what’s important is that Christianity could provide structures capitalism could latch onto that enabled it to grow and consume everything in its path. If Christ and capitalism are at odds capitalism always wins.
So yes they are incompatible, but at the same time they aren’t. Christianity is exactly what capitalism wants it to be.
Excellent statement. A good example of this happening is with usury/charging interest. The churches forbade it in most forms for a very long time,only permitting it on a wide scale in the 16th century. Coincidentally, just so happens to be when capitalism was rising. Totally a coincidence I’m sure.
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I think they’re saying the latch on happened because Christianity was prominent when Capitalism was born.