Paying money to expunge sin isn’t American. That’s some olde worlde Catholicism. In American Protestantism all you need to do is ask forgiveness and you’re good.
Seriously, that's straight up an old school European thing lol. But "America bad" eh?
Its as well accurate for the modern america. You can get away with any sin with enough money, plus a lot of pay-for religious practices, and its probably have roots in the medival europe too, so kind of the same thing in spirit. The point is though that its a not very good devotion mechanic, and there is no actual redemption in paying money to someone
