[lbo-talk] Rationality of the Masses

Leigh Meyers leighcmeyers at gmail.com
Wed Jun 8 10:01:41 PDT 2005


Doug Henwood


> Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
>
>> i think there's a lot of sense in carrol's post, here, and i wish
>> people would consider cross-applying it in principle to the issue of
>> religion. it shouldn't surprise us a bit that people on the whole
>> (not individually, necessarily) have an aversion to letting go of
>> religion, teenage rebellions aside.


>
> So why is the US an outlier on religion, compared to other rich
> countries?
>
> Doug

How so? ... The cultural manifestations or the underlying belief system?

Before answering, a thought: We *are* a rich country, but in what way are we rich? And maybe more importantly, who's measuring? Why?

Leigh



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