By Max Weber discusses the Protestant work ethic by examining primarily Richard Baxter, a Presbyterian and Methodist. There is much more focus on wealth because worldly self-discipline is emphasized as the morally right way to live. Not only do you work hard in your calling, but you are consistently productive and are mentally and physically rational. If one is lazy and/or wastes one's time engaging in joyful activities, it is seen as a sin. Wealth itself is not a sin as long as it is connected to one's work only when it is used irrationally. Therefore, the spirit of capitalism takes shape because instead of spending people invest. As a result, the Protestant work ethic ends up contradicting itself by separating itself from religion and increasing temptations that should be avoided. As capital continually increases, greed, pride, selfishness, sloth, and excessive and wasteful spending increase (Barnes 2015). The result is Western rational capitalism. In today's society, people continue to work hard to be successful and spend money on what they want, as well as viewing those who belong to the lower classes and receive assistance as lazy and useless, pushing those who are also poor to work harder to achieve the success and be seen