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Legitimacy of Elites Continues Free-Fall: Most Americans Claim Morality Not Linked to Religion

by Bruce Lerro / Capitalist News Interpreted / 26 Oct 2017
As we remember it, the United States is the most religious country of all the industrial capitalist countries. But this is becoming less so. According to this article 56% of American say it is not necessary to believe in God to be moral. This is a significant change. The article also draws out the contradiction between elites who think they have to act religious even if they aren’t and an American public who thinks religion is not that important.
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Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.

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