500 years ago, German peasants revolted – but their faith that the Protestant Reformation stood for freedom was dashed by Martin Luther and the nobility.
Five hundred years ago, in the winter of 1524-1525, bands of peasants roamed the German countryside seeking recruits. It was the start of the German Peasants' War, the largest uprising in Europe before the French Revolution. The peasants' goal was to overturn serfdom and create a fairer society grounded on the Christian Bible. Conflating Protestantism with capitalism is hard to sell. You could just as easily tie Protestantism up with socialism.
Rejection of abstraction is a key component of a personal relationship with god, but capitalism requires abstraction to function. If you are confused, abstraction is when you do not care how sausages are made, you just like to eat them. It is when you make your own fucking rules without regard for anyone else. The commodity fetish depends on abstraction.
The religious element of the peasants' war was central to it. The German peasants were among the first to try to unlock the revolutionary potential of Reformation teachings to fight social and economic injustice.
"Considering that Christ has delivered and redeemed us all, without exception ... it is consistent with Scripture that we should be free." this scream's equality based on Christ's redemption of all without qualification. It is from the third of the twelve articles that were never actually nailed to a church door.
Concerning The Peasants War, Martin Luther pussied out. He did not want to die in Rome.
Hard core Christians are very anti-capitalist. Christians who say otherwise are posers who do not have personal faith. Same thing with war. You can be a phony Christian and claim whatever, but if you are a real follower of Christ, thou shall not kill is serious business. If you say otherwise, all you have it the t-shirt.
Protestantism whether religious or secular. And a dog who is really a cat. Are you taking speech lessons from Trump? The art of obfuscation? Secular Christianity is faith without regard to gaudy mystification, life after death and such. That I get. But you are going to have to explain how Protestantism can possibly be secular. That is ridiculous.