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> there's really nothing puritan about American business culture. [...] utterly amoral. What? Puritanism is not about some kind of blanket purity to be recogni
by creer 1y ago
> there's really nothing puritan about American business culture. [...] utterly amoral.
What? Puritanism is not about some kind of blanket purity to be recognized or expressed from any angle, perspective or religion. And in American business is both extreme and extremely selective.
It's also very much about appearances and image projected. You have to accept a difference between anybody's personal values (in so far as these can show through the mess of corporate decisions), and the image that businesses believe they much display.
- tptacek 1y agoYou're talking about a culture that freely and enthusiastically sold opiates for decades. If they're cracking down on porn, it's because porn is costing them money, probably because people are disputing charges.