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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
Equating the betterment of society with purely economic aims is... very American (no offence, but it is). Certainly not in English society at the time of the Statute of Anne.
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It's also quite famously Chinese, even before the USA was of any consequence to the world. In fact, economy has had this kind of role in a great many older societies, only superficially masked with altruism to make it more digestible.
Not talking about Statute of Anne, but attributing financial obsession with America is a bit unfair, and quite untrue.