Yeah, I don't see separation of church and state expanding beyond Turkey anytime soon. However, we're dealing with a strictly theoretical world here, so in a world that no longer needs oil, I think that there are going to be a lot of really serious problems in the short term since that's what 75% of the Middle East survives on. I would immediately expect an incresae in drug trafficking and use along the metoric crash of most governments. I see lots of dust and no settling anytime soon.
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