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Hi hello I have a question regarding Marx’s “opium of the masses” quote (hexbear.net)
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People on the internet are saying it’s not a condemnation of religion and to Marx opium means medicine, Im confused help me bear website!

Edit: what did Karl Marx think opium was?

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[-] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

I'll add another Marx quote:

“Criticism has plucked the imaginary flowers on the chain not in order that man shall continue to bear that chain without fantasy or consolation, but so that he shall throw off the chain and pluck the living flower.”

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