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Originally Posted by woot
I always thought that Marx's "opiate of the people" remark was a positive thing. Wasn't he referring to religion as a good way for people to be able to deal with life, rather than as a pejorative "religion is for stupid sheep" type of thing? I could be totally wrong on that.
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I believe it is an equally possitive remark as it a negative one. For me there is an inherant optimism in Marxism that is intoxicating.