2007-07-30 18:09:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Well I want to first thank you for this question. "And I want to thank you for all the enjoyment you've taken out of it." Now... "before I speak, I have something important to say." I know Karl Marx was very successful when he said this. But we all must remember that "behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife." As far as believing that religion is the opiate of the masses..... I don't believe in religion. I don't need it. "I intend to live forever, or die trying." And now that I've answered your question, "I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it."
2007-07-31 08:35:00 · answer #1 · answered by Marianne not Ginger™ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is an interesting quote. And I can tell you from now that it has many underlying meanings. I cant be sure which one the Marx meant when he wrote this. But most writing is like poetry I believe, people see the meaning they are inclined to see. I see the following meaning: He means it in a good way, that religion is what keeps the oppressed human in peace, and hence its like opiate. a kind of drug that lightens your head, even if it doesnt change the reality of life. I would have to agree. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing tho, is a matter of debate. And I do not think that its either good or bad. Undoubtedly tho, Marx has made an excellent observation. That for some people, it is simply necessary to live.
2016-04-01 02:16:04 · answer #2 · answered by Kristina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember that opiates at the time we are common medicine, but were very expensive, so only the rich could afford them. Even Queen Victoria was an opium addict for many years. Doctors regularly prescribed opiates to their patients that could afford them, medicine was mostly quacks at that time. If you could not afford the medicine, they usually suggested you go to church and offer prayers to get better. Opiates back then weren't thought of as the horrible addictions that is common today.
2007-07-31 08:37:40 · answer #3 · answered by Steve C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Groucho who said that. Karl Marx said, "Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas; how he got in my pajamas, I don't know!"
2007-07-30 18:12:37 · answer #4 · answered by Gnarly Surfer Dude Guy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Karl,
Groucho said"I shot an elephant in my pajamas.
How he got in my pajamas,I`ll never know."
2007-07-30 18:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by Rich B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-07-30 18:11:17 · answer #6 · answered by Mo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can understand your confusion...easy to do.
And Karl "hit the nail on the head"...
2007-07-31 02:51:28 · answer #7 · answered by Boopsie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is that why many religions have masses?
ps Lefty,
enzyme504 sure has a way of making people cough up liquids, doesn't he?
2007-07-30 18:14:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither, it was Richard Marx, the singer.
2007-07-31 09:16:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I laughed so hard when I saw your question I passed a whole bowl of duck soup through my nasal cavity.
2007-07-30 18:16:59 · answer #10 · answered by Lefty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋