A new poll finds that only about 1 in 10 U.S. adults give high ratings to the way democracy is working in the United States or how well it represents the interests of most Americans.
I don’t think the US has ever not been overly religious. Most of its history has been full of religious people doing terrible things and framing social issues in religious terms.
Colonization? Religion. Ethnic cleansing of the natives? Religion. Manifest destiny? Religion. The Mexican-American war? Religion. Prohibition? Religion. The Red Scare? Religion. The Ku Klux Klan and other racists? Better believe it’s religion.
I don’t think the US has ever not been overly religious. Most of its history has been full of religious people doing terrible things and framing social issues in religious terms.
Colonization? Religion. Ethnic cleansing of the natives? Religion. Manifest destiny? Religion. The Mexican-American war? Religion. Prohibition? Religion. The Red Scare? Religion. The Ku Klux Klan and other racists? Better believe it’s religion.