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lastlib

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8. Karl Marx said that religion.....

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 10:57 PM

13 hrs ago

was "the opiate of the masses." Pushed onto the working class to sedate us into accepting whatever hell the ruling class had in store for us.

I'm not a Marxist, but I tend to agree with that sentiment.

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