boils down to this question

It all boils down to this question. Is religion a way of life or only a spiritual exercise? If it is a spiritual exercise than Jews should abandon outward expression of ritual and law. If Judaism is way of life than a society that is built upon it is the ultimate litmus test. Nobody in his right mind is prepared to claim that Hareidi way of life is just, decent and humane, that societies from Crown Heights to Bet Shemesh and Kiras Yoel are something to be proud of and examples to be emulated. If Judaism fails as a social structure then it needs to be destroyed in its current form.

Why should we accept that more pious is a jew, more likely he is cynical, mean, unfriendly, morally crooked and in general more likely person to inflict unprovoked selfish harm to friends and neighbors. I am not talking theory here.