Puritans evolved into Berniebros. Border Reviers evolved into Huckabee voters. Might modern-day Mormons evolve into Berniebros?
Pre-Roman English–> | Puritans–> | 19th Century Vermont, Western NY–> | Modern Vermont |
17th Century Scots-Irish–> | Prohibition-era Scots-Irish–> | Modern Scots-Irish (Huckabee voters) | |
Syncretist–> | Social-Conservative-Non-Pluralist–> | Social Conservative-Pluralist–> | Irreligious -Hippie/SJW |
Pre-Modern Africans | Modern Africans | ||
Animist, non-doctrinaire -believe their religion | Monotheist, doctrinaire -still believe their religion. Height of moralism. Extremely high marriage rate. | Stopped believing their religion; now only believe in it. Still strongly moralist, but now quite ecumenical. High marriage rate. | No longer believe in their religion. The religion is now equality (whether, as in NYC, Social Justice, or, as in Vermont, economic equality). Tend toward the anti-neoliberal Left. Extremely low marriage rate. |