Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.

It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.

Yes, disappointment over perceived unfairness, injustice, promises not kept, tends to go hand in hand with increasing prosperity. Expectations are dashed. What can I say!

Any great organization can go through sectarian phases.

I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.

Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion.