Let’s pretend I live in suburban western PA, and want to run for Congress. Some programmed dolt asks me what my “values” are… and I respond:

Exploitation of the poor by the rich and powerful is our primary social problem. And why do the masses of the poor let this happen? Because they are manipulated by those who are experts at exploiting religious impulses, your fear of death, occupying your time in mindless repetition of words wrongly attributed to a largely mythical god. We must be set free of all these millstones of antiquity.

Just how many votes do you think I’d get?