Leftism: The New Religion | Myths, Psychology, Philosophy & Spirituality Explained

Is leftism a new religion? In this video, I examine modern left-wing ideology through increasingly deep lenses: individual psychology, sociology, philosophy, history and spirituality. Rather than treating leftism as merely a set of political opinions, I explore how it increasingly functions like a mythology — with sacred beliefs, heresy, sin, moral certainty, symbols, and an oppressed vs oppressor worldview. I begin by looking at the core myths of modern leftism: the belief that all people have the same capabilities, that unequal outcomes must always be caused by oppression, and that society can be understood primarily through the lens of oppressed and oppressor narratives. From there, I go deeper. At the psychological level, I explore how leftism can allow individuals to avoid personal accountability by projecting negativity outward while still feeling morally righteous. At the sociological level, I look at how equality of outcome, cultural relativism, and fear of offence can lead to declining standards, restrictions on free speech, totalitarian impulses, and a refusal to confront uncomfortable truths. At the philosophical level, I explain the movement from pre-modern mythology, to modern objectivity, to postmodern subjectivity — and how postmodernism contains a kernel of truth while also collapsing too much of reality into subjective experience. Finally, I move into a spiritual explanation, exploring the relationship between subject and object, consciousness and form, and why the next stage must integrate what came before rather than simply destroying it. The good news is that this is not the end of the story. From an integral perspective, the path forward is not a return to crude materialism or pure tribalism, but a higher integration: compassion without denial, evidence without dehumanisation, meritocracy without cruelty, and spirituality without abandoning reality.