There are great traditions in the United States. Those of exploration, of conservation, helping your neighbor, and countless others. There's also the right to practice whatever religion you so choose.
But that last one has a habit of turning greedy, ambitious, awful folks from just leading normal, middle-manager lives into cult leaders who run afoul of the law in so many evil ways. They get an ounce of power, the taste of power really, and they lead impressionable masses to certain doom. And when they finally get their comeuppance, those ordinary folks are left to pick up the broken pieces of their lives, often still brainwashed in one way or another.
