"An’ Almighty God never raised no wages. These here folks want to live decent and bring up their kids decent. An’ when they’re old they wanta set in the door an’ watch the downing sun. An’ when they’re young they wanta dance an’ sing an’ lay together. They wanta eat an’ get drunk and work. An’ that’s it – they wanta jus’ fling their goddamn muscles aroun’ an’ get tired. Christ! What’m I talkin’ about?"
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 20. Jim Casy speaks of the dispossessed migrants’ wish list. It is simply to live a normal and contented life, fulfilling their natural rights and urges. He has no faith that the God of conventional religion can raise the migrants’ wages to enable this.