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opiate of the masses (крылатое выражение: What are opiates for masses? In popular usage, the phrase “opiate of the masses” is often employed to refer just to consolation and happiness premiums provided by religion. But Marx argued that people seek comfort in religion and that religion suppresses emancipatory politics, thereby preventing the masses from revolting against those in power.  oup.com Aiduza); opium of the masses (The opium of the people or opium of the masses (German: Opium des Volkes) is a dictum used in reference to religion, derived from a frequently paraphrased partial statement of German sociologist and critic of political economy Karl Marx: "Religion is the opium of the people." This statement was translated from the German original, "Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes" and is often rendered as "religion ... is the opiate of the masses." The full sentence from Marx translates (including italics) as: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people."
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