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" ... Formerly a libertarian like Mencken, the modern Gelinas is seemingly just mad. And in a puritan way. Even though businesses can’t start or grow without capital, and even though investment bankers heroically find the capital without which businesses would fold or wouldn't exist to begin with, Gelinas scolds Wall Street for the size of the bonuses earned by its leading lights. ... "
" ... If you’ve ever tried, and perhaps succeeded in achieving a big goal, you know that great results require hard work (and lots of it). The sacrifice and struggle associated with accomplishment are part of the puritan work ethic, bootstrap-it-up mythology many of us have been marinating in since birth, both in our culture and in our family of origin. ... "
" ... In Protestant countries, witch-hunting flared when the status quo was under threat (such as in Salem, Massachusetts) or in times of social and religious turmoil (as in Jacobin England or under Oliver Cromwell's puritan regime). Despite wildly exaggerated claims of "millions of women" being executed for witchcraft, modern scholars estimate the actual death toll to be around 60-100,000 people over several centuries, with 20% of the victims being men. ... "
" ... Otherwise, there likely won’t be a billionaire presence like Steyer, promising to spend $100 million while putting the political class under indictment. Unlike Perot, who’d never sought public office before that 1992 run, the electorate won’t have the option of a self-financed candidate who can credibly separate himself from the two-party system (Steyer’s simply spent too much money trying to elect Democrats and spark a Trump impeachment to pretend that he’s either a virgin or a puritan). ... "