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Another theory often floated is the cultural history of Protestants vs Catholics. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/south_debt_crisis/ http

• Camillo 14y ago
  It's the same thing over and over. When people like two things, they tend to want to see connections between them. Max Weber liked protestantism and capitalism, so he wrote "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism". iuguy likes Northen Europe and hard work, so he posted that collection of stereotypes. Redditors like atheism and science, and to hear them tell it, the two things are basically one and the same. It's just a very basic psychological mechanism of likes and dislikes, prejudice and favoritism, but masquerading as something intellectual.
• iuguy 14y ago
  I've read about that, and to be fair religion has a major cultural impact but I'm not sure how significant it all is in the grand scheme of things (given changes in religion over the years, reformations etc.).
• pcrh 14y ago
  That whole theory ignores the fact that the most productive parts of Germany are historically Catholic.