It's a good read, but even Denninger is a little out of touch. Many of those left do not go to church and pray. Many pray at home. Some do not pray. The 12 pack is usually worked off the next morning by physical work or lifting a few weights in the garage. But there's plenty to do. They might travel 50 miles to the VA to try to get some pain relief, or go out to help someone fix a tractor, or move some stuff the wife wants moved. There's plenty to do but it's not much more than trying to survive.
I see many at the grocery who are cash employed hauling out 24 packs of beer at noon on their lunch breaks. Horrible to think what happens at their homes nightly...