Протягом усієї історії деспотичні правителі міняли добробут своїх підданих на те, що вони вважають честю, славою та завоюваннями. - Isaac Asimov

But suppose we were to teach creationism. What would be the content of the teaching? Merely that a creator formed the universe and all species of life ready-made? Nothing more? No details?

It was the addition of status that brought the little things: a more comfortable seat here, a better cut of meat there, a shorter wait in line at the other place. To the philosophical mind, these items might seem scarcely worth any great trouble to acquire.
Yet no one, however philosophical, could give up those privileges, once acquired, without a pang. That was the point.

There's a bit of your psychohistory, Hari. Rule number 47,854: The downtrodden are more religious than the satisfied.