>>> >>>Also, please undulge me, where were John Winthrop and the >>>Puritans from already? >>> >>Holland, Germany, Switzerland & you're right.... mainly from England. > >That area (north of the alps, basically) has been known for >being more or less (but mostly more) puritanistic ever since >long before even the countries of europe were shaped. > >You said that english wasn't the birthplace of capitalism, >but isn't puranism the culture that created capitalism? That >makes England a part of it, along with Holland, Germany, >Switzerland and so on.. > >tell me if i'm wrong
Puritanism is just a branch of Calvinism. Capitalism wasn't invented by England. They improved that "concept", but invented it? hell no.