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“The capitalist bookkeepers\u2019 theoretician was German sociologist Max Weber, whose 1910 book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism<\/em> argued that the key feature of capitalism was that making money becomes \u2018a calling\u2019, an end in itself. The bourgeois worked for the sake of work, denying himself the fruits of his labour. The pre-modern man would have been flummoxed by this, says Weber: what is the point of this, \u2018to sink into the grave weighed down with a great material load of money and goods\u2019? ”\u00a0 from an article in Spiked<\/p>\n I love this quote from Weber.\u00a0 What is, after all, the point of sinking into the grave weighed down with a great material load of money and goods?\u00a0 None, as far I can see.<\/p>\n I disagree with Weber though about the state of pre-modern people.\u00a0 Many, many cultures not only thought this was a good thing, but literally did it. Those wealthy or high born enough took servants, food, furniture, money, painting, all manner of things to the grave.<\/p>\n Two tours today.\u00a0 Winnipeg kids on a band tour.\u00a0 They had been to the Mall of America and Bubblegum, a restaurant there and had lots of other places to visit.\u00a0 They didn’t think the Days Inn where they were staying were showing them very good hospitality, though they did admit that having that many teenagers in one place created a lot of ruckus.\u00a0 This was a bright, attentive and thoughtful group.\u00a0 We saw the installation with the children’s photos, Frank, Magritte, Van Gogh and Goya.\u00a0 They were talkative and had many ideas.<\/p>\n The Weber tour had three people, a couple and Stacy Pydych.\u00a0 Stacy had to leave early, but the couple stayed on for the whole tour.\u00a0 He had been to Japan when he was 24 years old and a serviceman.\u00a0 They, too, were attentive and talkative.\u00a0 We saw most of the exhibit because I skipped part of my usual tour in teaware and Tale of Genji.\u00a0 They thought I was a professor of Japanese history.\u00a0 I assured them the museum taught us what we needed to know.<\/p>\n Got a thank-you card today from Robbinsdale Japanese language students.\u00a0 The teacher wrote a nice note and each kid signed it and some offered comments.\u00a0 Amazing, when you consider these are high school students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 62\u00a0 bar falls 29.85\u00a0 3mph NNW dewpoint 29 Beltane \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing\u00a0Crescent of the Hare Moon\u00a0 “The capitalist bookkeepers\u2019 theoretician was German sociologist Max Weber, whose 1910 book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism argued that the key feature of capitalism was that making money becomes \u2018a calling\u2019, an end in itself. The bourgeois … Continue reading He Who Dies with the Most Toys Wins?<\/span>