> How to monetize ignorance? You're arriving late to the party. Most of the structure of modern society is built around telling the less intelligent that they'

> How to monetize ignorance? You're arriving late to the party. Most of the structure of modern society is built around telling the less intelligent that they're actually sheep and they should silently obey their betters. Religion is an active participant in this system -- they actually describe their followers as "the flock", without any blowback from the obedient masses. Marx got it right -- religion is the opiate of the masses. And were it not for "the flock", we wouldn't have cheap manufactured goods. Imagine if opium were the opiate of the masses. Then we could create widespread drug rehabilitation programs. But we can't do that for religion -- it's too addictive to treat.