"I think what religion and politics have in common is that they become part of people's identity" You might also say that people have identity and religion and

"I think what religion and politics have in common is that they become part of people's identity" You might also say that people have identity and religion and politics use those to advantage. But is it wrong to have identity? I'd argue it as a basic human requirement. Religion can be considered a technology of group identity which was refined over millennium to be most effective at generating a unified form. Like all technology it was disrupted by something better and more efficient at transmitting shared consciousness. That definition also fits the web which is the most powerful method of transmission yet invented, and is the fruit of the science religion.