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The Spirit of Capitalism Essay In Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism, Weber links Protestantism as a contributing factor to the emergence of capitalism. He implies that one type of Protestants, the Puritans have values that are very similar to those of capitalism. Then he voices concerns that he has for future capitalist societies on how they will get caught up in the pursuit of wealth and not really be able to enjoy it. The religious ties to capitalism according to Weber are found in Protestantism. Protestants wanted their jobs to have a religious “calling” to them. Puritan’s also believed in predestination, that God has already determined who is saved and who is damned. So they would look for clues to find out if one was saved or not by how much money they had.