Why communism and religion operate with the same psychology

After years of watching them, what struck me the most was how similar in principle the two extremes of communism and religion are. While the first is a modern form of national domination, the second is probably the oldest. As people wake up to the facts about nature, the world, and the universe, religion has lost its place as the great source of mystery, while communism has filled the void to allow powerful men to continue in power.

While Karl Marx is credited with the philosophy of the mid-19th century, the primary goal of state control leading to collective ownership of wealth, property, and economic enterprise. His ideology sprouted wings and succeeded in underdeveloped and poverty-stricken countries. The call was for the overthrow of the rich and equality for all.

In Russia, the first communist nation, the Czar and his family lived in luxury while the rest of the country struggled under the weight of World War I. The Industrial Revolution of 1917 saw his removal and assassination when the Bolshevik Party seized power. They had their eyes on the world as they saw their fight as international. Their propaganda reached most of the countries where governments fought to eradicate them.

Religion, on the other hand, has long been a dominant force of the nation’s eyes on the world. In countries where it has been successful, governments are virtually controlled by members of whatever religion they belong to.

The most striking example is the Muslim countries in the east and the Catholic dominated nations of Italy and Ireland in the west. The Jewish religion dominates Israel while Hindi controls the population in India. Russia was orthodox before the Industrial Revolution.

In today’s world, a significant part of the world’s population is dominated by religion or communism. China which has something like 20% or one fifth of the world’s population is the largest and India with 17.86% is second. Combined, these two nations have a third of all peoples.

The Muslim religion now covers 23% of the total and the Christian population represents up to 33% in 2017, of which 16% or half of that number are Catholics.

The tendency in all these systems is to grow by population growth, influence and conversion. Where people are agnostic, the birth rate is declining and so is church attendance. There is now a major shift in world demographics and the things people associate with.

It struck me that people just need strong leadership no matter what type it is. They also seem to be less concerned with their spirituality. That can come from religion, communism, or politics. Whatever it is, basically the world continues in the same way, and the situation in the world declines according to the loss of faith, preparation for war, aggression against each other, and terrorism, which is based on rushing to heaven.

Whichever force has the most power wins, be it through revolution, the killing of dissidents, the rise of dictators, or whatever. There is no one that is better than the other, as they all seek one thing: control of a larger empire and ultimately the world.