The method used by the Communists to reduce the power and influence of religions was to change the school curriculum to teach all religions equally, side-by-side, instead of just Christianity.
Once the students can't tell the difference between one creation myth and another, and everything starts to blend into an ever more ridiculous set of children's stories, very few are left that can still take their "own" religion seriously any more.
Do you have any link or book that explains the method of education that you are describing? This is one interesting subject I would like to investiagte more about.
What on earth leads you to suggest they don't have working disaster recovery?
The fact that their service was partially cut due to a power failure. We know accidents DO happen and power failures DO happen, like the explosion in The Planet's power control room [1]. The guy's at Amazon cloud should be prepared for predictable problems like a power outage, specially when one of their selling arguments is service continuity.
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Scouts can earn their pins by spending an hour a day playing games, teaching others how to play better, and researching the best price for games they'd like to buy.
One hour per day seems perfectly normal for any teenager, teaching others will train their social & verbal skills and the gaming market research will teach them how to get the most out of their buck.
From my point of view these are all useful skills.
Living on Earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun.