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# The Church of American Startups and Capitalism
- URL: https://werd.io/the-church-of-american-startups-and-capitalism/
- Published: 2021-07-10T18:04:51.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-10T18:04:51.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"Where startups claim to be so unique in their thinking and in what they do, they are absolutely a product of the protestant work ethic that frames America’s belief in what capitalism is. The church of business - modern American business - has become so absorbed by the cult of personality because it is easier to pray to the saints of startups than to recognize that a culture geared toward a conveyer belt of endless labor is beyond depressing."

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