The problem is that the Puritan psyche you've mentioned means the average person (some who probably would be or were prisoners) would never go along with your p

The problem is that the Puritan psyche you've mentioned means the average person (some who probably would be or were prisoners) would never go along with your program. I'm not saying it's a bad idea. I'm just saying that we Americans are not going to change our culture over night or even in the coming decades.