Almost all respondents on social media were enthusiastic about banning the garb at left.

Two points:

1) I’m thrilled to live in a country that protects its people’s freedom of expression.  As an older American, I’m not crazy about massive tattoos, face-piercings, and young guys walking around with their pants worn down around their knees, but I’m a real fan of the United States Constitution.

The author of the meme might want to take a peek.  It’s a good read.

2) What actually works on a societal basis, and what no one can regulate, is public acceptance or rejection.  You’re free to wear extreme forms of the hijab, or claim that the Holocaust was a hoax, or believe that the Earth is flat, or tell your neighbors that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, that you, with no training in science, think climate change is a hoax, or that vaccines are often lethal.

However, you’ll pay a stiff price in terms of acceptance into refined society.  Want to get a high-level job or join a country club dressed like that?  Do you think that spouting off the gibberish of uneducated MAGA slobs in the workplace will advance your career?

Good luck.

Letting the Market Decide

Easy.  It’s 36% in the United States, and somewhere around 15% in the rest of the developed world. It’s slim, and it’s disintegrating fast.

The world isn’t in great shape right now, but most human beings are good people, and they abhor the crimes and the constant barrage of crimes.  It’s really no more complicated than that.

How Many Stand Behind Donald Trump?

What Kurt Vonnegut said here is interesting, but I doubt it’s correct.

Yes, people talk about religious people’s “imaginary friend in the sky,” which would be, of course, a remedy for loneliness. But I believe that the primary driver for religion is fear–of all things unknown, and especially of death and the afterlife.

Why People Become Religious