He’s the first dominoe that triggered the European Wars of Religion and birthed the disastrous proto-capitalist ideologies of the various early protestant sects, which form the social bedrock of many pro-capitalist ideologies later down the line
Catholicism has all of about two decades working positively to its credit. But it has tended to play both sides of the colonial struggle, and so to many it is understandably a key piece of their liberationary understanding.
and birthed the disastrous proto-capitalist ideologies of the various early protestant sects, which form the social bedrock of many pro-capitalist ideologies later down the line
Yes, but also many early Protestants were proto-socialists as well. The Anabaptist rebellions come to mind, as do the Diggers, who were explicitly reacting to the enclosure of the Commons by bourgeois Protestants in England
He’s the first dominoe that triggered the European Wars of Religion and birthed the disastrous proto-capitalist ideologies of the various early protestant sects, which form the social bedrock of many pro-capitalist ideologies later down the line
John Calvin has a lot to answer for
All my homies hate John Calvin
It’s not like Catholicism was any good. Orthodoxy was dead in western and central Europe at that time.
Catholicism has all of about two decades working positively to its credit. But it has tended to play both sides of the colonial struggle, and so to many it is understandably a key piece of their liberationary understanding.
Yes, but also many early Protestants were proto-socialists as well. The Anabaptist rebellions come to mind, as do the Diggers, who were explicitly reacting to the enclosure of the Commons by bourgeois Protestants in England