Right.

Lovely idea -- put all them spirit-type items into the corridors of private activity, no God on the dollar, etc. Fine.

I do not believe this is a deep remmedy to important ills, but I do believe it would obviate the oppressive religous tyranny of which you speak. Unfortunately, the next tyrant would find some other button with which to induce mass knee-jerks. Big Brother doesn't need religion, he just needs enemies, real or invented.

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