Chapotraphouse

You can look at the course of development for the standard of living for the American working class from the post-ww2 period to now and see a steady decline of religiousness corresponding to the steady increases to standards of living, which in the past few decades is mirrored by the steady decline of standards of living corresponding to new waves of religious fervor as the people have no outlet to channel their frustrations towards their predicament other than what has been passed down to them by their forefathers; the sweep painkiller of going to church and believing you'll get pie in the sky when you die.