Because of this, those who would rule humans and be despots try to slip behind and assume the robes of the religious morays and become what we have termed the religious elite. All religions have to some degree, and some to a great degree, assumed the nature of laying down the rules and the laws. Forget about being concerned or empathic to your neighbor. The message thus twists and turns. Similarly, this occurs in New Age groups, which try to form life styles such as communes, and occurred in communism, which might be considered a religion of sorts.
Communism describes how to get along with one another and it is no secret as to how it was twisted.
Communism is as corrupt, with black markets, as capitalism. So these underlying themes are present in all religions, large and small.