Here's a graph showing the negative correlation between "hut-dwelling" and "utilitarianism": https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/05/01/with-high-level

Here's a graph showing the negative correlation between "hut-dwelling" and "utilitarianism": https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/05/01/with-high-levels-of-prayer-u-s-is-an-outlier-among-wealthy-nations/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/05/01/with-high... The US can be said to be both. E.g. you won't find many "huts" along the northeastern coast, but search and you'll find them elsewhere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_religiosity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ... I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine where the most "huts" are found. So it's flat out wrong to claim that some sort of perceived moral bankruptcy with regards to the value of human life has left our society in the stone ages, when all evidence points to the contrary. Under utilitarian capitalism people are expendable, but in the meantime they are less likely to dwell in huts than morally superior societies. Note that I've blatantly equated religion with moral here.