It's very much a religion, but one based in Marxism with new Lyshenkoisms in various fields, from Climate (the biggest and longest running, maybe), to nutrition and medicine and education. Basically, any field of the natural sciences that impacts on the health and wellbeing of people has been corrupted. This has been going on for many years, at least 50, possibly up to 70 years. It's a death cult, promising Utopia (Heaven on Earth) that cannot be. As with all Marxist ideals, it will only be realized once all of the dissenters have been purged, but with every purge, the purity spiral becomes ever tighter and you never reach the promised Utopia, you just have death.