Weber argued that Protestantism helped shape Western Society, moreover, Calvinism’s theology lent a hand in creating the capitalistic spirit. The main belief of Calvinism was the promotion of self-discipline, it preaches that everyone has a calling and must work to fulfill their purpose, even the rich. It continues to state that wealth is not bad it is actually favorable to be wealth due to the fact that it was looked at as favorable to god, but idleness has no place in a successful life. What the capitalist society took from this was everyone in life should be rational and every move should have or serve a purpose that will benefit the expansion of capitalism. These ideologies served to keep people from the enjoyment of life (e.g. it restricted
