I agree that its forced, with 100 years of hindsight. ATT though, political-religious stuff was a major deal. Irish republicanism succeeded by delineating divi

I agree that its forced, with 100 years of hindsight. ATT though, political-religious stuff was a major deal. Irish republicanism succeeded by delineating dividers across all the major lines. Republican-Monarchist, Nationalist-Unionist, Gaelic-English, Catholic-Protestant, Class, etc. Not everyone fit into all or even most categories, just like there were always upper class socialists... but that was still the way lines were drawn. Atheism was, IMO, the least populist pillar of that era's communism. I think you can make that argument anywhere, including Russia.