# How Is Communism a Religion

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**Created:** [December 31, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-communism-a-religion/565901 "2010-12-31T01:49:43Z")\
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It’s a religion in the same way that Atheism is a religion. If it walks like it’s not a duck, and quacks like it’s not a duck, and gets pissed off if you call it a duck, it’s a duck. Because if you’re not a duck, you wouldn’t act like you weren’t one or care if someone said you were.

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