It's been a little while since we've seen one of these formulaic screeds from Charles. Here's a breakdown of the pattern, which you'll see in much of Charles' work here:

People are talking about this thing in the news and/or on social media.
People attribute that thing to a widely recognized cause or set of circumstances.
But, people aren't considering some random obscure economist, like Charles does.
Clumsy attempt to reach a conclusion by tying the obscure economist's theories to something related to the issue raised in 1.

This seems racist against Hispanic and Asian Seattle residents.

Seattle Times says Seattles white population is decreasing.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/seattle-grew-more-racially-diverse-in-2022-census-data-shows/

A word missing from this article is “evangelical”.

As an active member of the Episcopal church for a while now, I’ve found it to be a place of welcome and respite from those whose faith is centered on the wrath of god and not the love of Christ.

In particular, families with LGBTQ+ kids find their way to our doors from Catholic, LDS and Evangelical communities that do not love their children. If you want to see what that looks like, hop over to Grace Church on Bainbridge Island or St. Mark’s cathedral on Capital Hill. You will be welcome.

[My proselytizing for the year is now complete. 🤓]

I thought the reason for low level church participation was due to the prevalence of college-educated people with degrees in Seattle.

This is a factor, but church attendence has been falling across all demographics. I count myself among the godless, but I do appreciate the social cohesion and support that churches - or any civic institution - can bring to a community.

Seattle isn’t religious because it has the highest educational attainment of any large city in the United States, people who tend to put less faith into prehistoric ghost stories.

fortunately we just replace it with unwavering belief in other stupid shit

Many of Seattle's historically black churches moved out of Seattle in response to the movement of their members being priced out of Seattle. All of the noise about racist zoning ignores the fact that the Central District had plenty of black homeowners, the legacy of employment at Boeing and other industries during WW2. Rising property taxes and gentrification, not zoning or whatever Charles is talking about, have reduced the CD's black population from 73% in the 1970s to around 18% today.