For anyone whom thinks this can't happen in the good ole USA.. This was Afghanistan in the 50's and 60's.. In a little over 50 years they went from being a country in the middle of a industrial revolution with "normal" people, to what we have today, which is a ass backwards country that seems barely out of the stone ages.
http://imgur.com/a/m1LAs?gallery
Let the religious extremist keep pushing their way into power because you want cheap taxes and you will ruin this country.