is carl marx right?
2006-09-17 23:00:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
dude, please nobody under the influence to answer ; ) (j/k feel welcome to answer honestly believers)
opium has been smoked for generations, before, during, and after Karl's time.
i believe that he is right about religions crowd control, now tell me what y'all opinions on him is
2006-09-17 23:12:57 · update #1
my opinion is that television itself is used as mind control. i wouldn't label it opiate, but instead meth
2006-09-17 23:57:36 · update #2
Aslan's answer is accurate but misses the point.
Marx was talking about religion's ability to calm the masses and keep them apathetic about the nature of their life. He meant that without religion, the masses would rise up and take what is rightfully theirs.
To a certain extent I do agree with it. I'm reminded of the centuries of American slaves who were told by their pastors that 'this life is a test' and that there would be justice in the next world for the justice they were denied in this world.
I think convincing a person of this is maybe the greatest evil (short of murder) that one human can commit against another.
2006-09-17 23:10:15 · answer #1 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are referring to what Karl Marx said about 'religion being the opiate of the masses' then it would be as well to see what opium was used for in the days he wrote them rather in how opium is seen today
in Marx's days he would have seen people drink opiate tea like we do a cuppa coffee at the end of a hard day and feel a little better for it
2006-09-18 06:06:40 · answer #2 · answered by Aslan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Marx was right about that, but he was not right in general.
2006-09-18 06:06:07 · answer #3 · answered by Zombie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he was...a bit
but Groucho Marx definitely was!!!
2006-09-18 06:08:34 · answer #4 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You bet he is! That is exactly what religion is. It was all created to control the herd.
2006-09-18 06:06:10 · answer #5 · answered by Spookshow Baby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was right for his time, because there was no television yet.
2006-09-18 06:22:47 · answer #6 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but that does not mean that God is not real.
Love and blessings
don
2006-09-18 06:03:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was chairman Mao.
2006-09-18 06:06:13 · answer #8 · answered by negrito con sabor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are seeing the last days of marxism. if he is right then his ideology will prosper.
2006-09-18 06:03:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
give us more...
2006-09-18 06:02:40 · answer #10 · answered by jsbrunette 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋