Religion is a better form of slavery than forced slavery.
The religious slave, the slave of the mind, denies the chains that bind them and is blind to them.
No doubt, was just adding on to my 'commodification' point. I'd say there is a set of human characteristics that can be used / exploited / whatever you want to call it, for profit. As you move outward from human biology those characteristics create more things that can be commodified. An organization that exists for the profit of it's organizers can usually be traced back to the commodification of a human need in some way. A religious organization exploits our spiritual need.
