"The opium of the people".
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Karl Marx
Karl Marx and his followers called religion the "opium of the people." He concluded religion is used by the upper class to give false hope to the lower class.
In the ideas of Karl Marx
Karl Marx, the author of The Communist Manifesto and founder of Communism.
Apparently he considered religion to be something harmful.
Religion
He described religion as the opium of the people, an illusion designed to make them accept the status quo.
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It was a quotation from Karl Marx's 1843 Contribution to Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right .
The 'bourgeoisie' are the owners and controllers of the means of production according to Karl Marx.
The 'bourgeoisie' are the owners and controllers of the means of production according to Karl Marx.
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