In addition to @culpritus@hexbear.net's explanation, Calvinists believed that you could tell you were going to be saved if you were blessed in this life. So if you started a business and made a lot of money, that's a sign you had God's favor. The inverse, of course, is that if you're poor it's because you're a hellbound sinner. To map that to politics, the conclusion is that if you can't afford eggs it's because you didn't vote for the right candidate and don't deserve anything.

[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I thought election was based on nothing and there was no real way to tell if you were saved?

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

People didn't really like that too much so you got these elaborations that eventually evolved into Prosperity Gospel.

[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 5 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Ah yeah I was gonna say that sounds more like some weird American prosperity theology. Which idk I associate more with Pentecostalism? Or related movements

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Here's a good summary: https://saisreview.sais.jhu.edu/return-to-max-vebers-theory-of-development/

It all got jumbled up a bunch in the US so I might not have the family tree correct but there are common roots.

[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 2 points 9 hours ago

Okay I’ll have to go over that. I do know Weber and the Protestant work ethic, though I’ve never read it.