Is Corbynism a Religion?

Marxism has always been associated with religion. Not surprisingly, a prophet like Karl Marx had no time for other prophets. Indeed Marx and Marxists denied that they were “utopians” and saw themselves as being anti-religion, even though they indulged in prophesy and promised a perfect society… 

The Radical Left has done the same ever since.

Of course religions in history haven’t needed a single deity or even explicitly religious practices. Zen Buddhism shows us that.

The religious impulse in very strong. The desire and need for a perfect society has motivated countless individuals and sects throughout history. And now we have Corbynite Manicheanism and millenarianism. That religious zealotry partly explains the very intense and violent hatred Corbynites have for literally all political opponents. They see everyone from Tories to patriots as being (just to take three examples) “scum”, “gammon” or “Nazis”. They’re also highly pious and puritanical; just as much as Victorian sexual moralists or the Puritans of the 17th century. Even evolutionary psychologist recognise these givens of human psychology, and show that they display themselves again and against throughout history.