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Opium of the people? Marx Reading Series - ‘Criticism of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right'
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David and Matt dig into early Karl Marx with his introduction to 'A Criticism of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right,' containing the famous passage:
"Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. 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.
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions."
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