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Old 12-22-2007, 08:14 PM   #19
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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.
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.
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