The Crypto Reformation with Josh Rosenthal
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The Real Political Conflict Takes Place in the World of Religion
Double entry, bookkeeping and the printing press both unlock financial power. But it allows for competition at the religious level, at the cosmological structuring of society. The big debate in the roman in the middle ages was, like, does a pope need to call a council? And so these princes are like, doing their jobs much like the medici, like an academic. They can just do their job they're currently doing as luther's vocation. Say, hey, you can, you can run your city and help run your city. It doesn't have to be roman catholic city. It can be a protestant city. We always hated these other guys
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