mes in history. Given the importance and centrality of religious doctrine in the early Protestant sects, it is evident that Weber is correct as to how the work ethic developed and how it is related to religious doctrine on the one hand and the spirit of capitalism as it became manifested in the colonies on the other. The fact that the work ethic and capitalism became firmly ingrained thereafter is a product of the capitalist forces Weber says predated the Calvinists and lasted after the Reformation period. Weber does say that capitalism would have developed in any case, but it became associated with certain attitudes derived from Protestant religious doctrine for historical reasons. Weber shows how capitalism reflects the material conditions of the group and how this is linked to the Protestant belief system that infuses capitalism to this day. Affinities are groups of individuals who carry out a common agenda based on conse
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