The Spirit of Capitalism!

A moment in which I felt myself trapped in the capitalist mentalite or “iron cage" is when I think about my future and if what I’m doing now is establishing me to be at my best in the future. The constant worrying that occurs about tomorrow and what lies ahead of me. Basically the unknown is what I feel is the trap. I do believe I have a sense of “Beruf”calling as Weber mentioned but what that precise calling is I don’t know. “The valuation of fulfillment of the duty in the worldly affairs as the highest form which the moral activity of the individual could assume.”(Weber 201) is what is going on I can only assume that my daily routines are what is inevitably going to fulfill me in my worldly affairs.

Even though I wish to have a successful career one day and live happily I do think its important that “the earning of money within the modern economic order is, so long as it is done legally” (Weber 190) This is important to me because once you make substantial amount of money people tend to change for the worst and greed takes over them as Fugger thought it was necessary to continue working even though he had enough money now that is an example of capitalistic thinking, only caring about money which is a dangerous thing. But unfortunately that’s the world we live in today. A world that cares about getting the job done! “Man is dominated by the making of money by acquisition as the ultimate purpose of his life” (Weber 190) now I find this sad. Is that what life is all about making money and then you parish from this earth, isn’t life more than that? When did money become part of us it shouldn’t define the person. It should help you in getting things done and moving forward in life but shouldn’t be the main thing you strive for in life. That’s why I think money alone isn’t going to get you very far. Living a fulfilled life by doing the things I love and getting the chance to see the world and meet all kinds of intriguing and fascinating people is what I would want to achieve in my life, to be happy.