Addicted to Opiates: How Do You Interpret the Following Quote ? ” Religion Is the Opiate of the Masses “. Karl Marx?
Question by MatthewM: how do you interpret the following quote ? ” religion is the opiate of the masses “. Karl Marx?
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Answer by Cartoon Head
Well, an “opiate” is an addictive narcotic, like heroin, so he meant that most people, the “masses,” are as addicted to their religion as heroin addicts are addicted to their heroin, and the reason is that, like heroin does for its addicts, religion gives them a false and illusory sense of well-being and happiness.
Just for the record, I don’t necessarily agree, but that’s what he meant.
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