To quote the Israeli Mishpacha Magazine
“Without the haredi lifestyle, conservative and stubborn, the Jewish people has no future, and without the jewish people, there is no need for a Jewish state. Continuing this lifestyles is dependent upon spiritual independence, and we are therefore drafted into this ancient army from the age of being an infant, with the generals being the gedolim. We are constantly tested, we constantly deal with the challenges and seductions presented by the modern world, but we withstand and do not get drawn in, we protect our kids at any price from the fire of dangerous permissiveness. While we are drafted and committed to this life of Torah and Yirat Shamayim, we are unable to accept any demands or a draft of any other kind, even if it makes us look unreasonable.”
That is the religion.
(I know, some people will say it is not Yiddishkeit. They may even be right. But so what? THE CHARAIDIM THINK they are right. That makes it Shmad.)