And one might add that religion shapes culture, a reality alas only all too well recognized by the Frankfurt School and the likes of Saul Alinsky who set out to secularize America, actually destroy its religious foundation, and, of course, shape the culture and steal elections.
I think it was John Adams who said that ours is a government for men of virtue. That was his conviction even though he was aware better than most that it was equally a government designed to frustrate men who lacked virtue, as you point out.
All the best.
