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rationalization

The anxiety-driven ordering of the world into a simplified, coherent system.

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The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"The word we use is rationalize. They're trying to rationalize the world around them in order to reduce your anxiety. Okay? All right? Does..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"And only a few, the elect, will be saved. Only these people will be allowed to go to heaven. Everyone else will be condemned..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"That's the second issue. The third issue is the idea of double predestination, which says that if you do not truly believe in God,..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"They were different. These are different bottles of wine, but they didn't know which one was better. Okay? Then what the experimenters did was..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"then once the standardization happens it reshapes reality into a rational order okay does that make sense all right okay so let's go back..."

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