Even so, I still saw “Equal Town” as more more of a cult than a political movement

As at least one other comment has stated, in so called “communist” countries, specifically the Soviet Union, they suppressed religion only because they saw it as a competing influence on the people. So worship of fairy tales was replaced with worship of the state and its leaders, so there really wasn’t much difference between the former system and the new system. And fun fact, even during Soviet times most Russians were still Russian Orthodox christian and not atheist.

@Lurks-no-More  
This, pretty much. And though I’m Christian myself, I have to say that there are certainly some offshoots of Christianity (every one of which that I’ve seen so far twisting Jesus’ teachings in some way) that could stand in for this town.

Bible Belt in Equestria

Religious fanatics or Godless Commies, it’s all the same.

so… the town is a cult of “religious fanaticism”?  
like fans of the fandom?
 
and remainder, any kind of extreme fanaticism is awfull.

Really, it’s about a totalitarian/cultish mindset, hypocrisy, and the fallacy of the end justifying any means more than anything else.

@Takashi.0  
They pretty much just replaced a god with the government. That’s why it’s referred to as Communist atheism.

It’s funny because Communists HATE religion and also killed millions of people, both deliberately and through their own incompetence.

@Adri347  
Drink the Kool-aid.

It’s true that it looks like a cult.

Well to be fair, the community is pretty much one of those small time communes likes Jones town, which are usually very religious.
 
Not to mention, besides Communism, the closest thing to town would be Scientology.

okey dokey, op
 
have your mom heat you up some hot pockets and go back to browsing tumblr

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