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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 revolutionary and critic of political economy Karl Marx: "Religion is the opium of the people." In context, the statement is part of Marx's analysis that religion ...
19th-century German philosopher Karl Marx, the founder and primary theorist of Marxism, viewed religion as "the soul of soulless conditions" or the "opium of the people". According to Marx, religion in this world of exploitation is an expression of distress and at the same time it is also a protest against the real distress.
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Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (/ ɑː ˈ r ɒ n /; French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ aʁɔ̃]; 14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist, political scientist, historian and journalist, one of France's most prominent thinkers of the 20th century.
Du Yuesheng (22 August 1888 – 16 August 1951), nicknamed "Big-Eared Du", [1] was a Chinese mob boss who spent much of his life in Shanghai. He made his fortune in the opium trade before transforming into a financial tycoon. He supported Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang in their fight against the Communists and Japanese. In April 1949, on ...
Opium of the people; Opium replacement; P. Papaver somniferum; ... This page was last edited on 2 October 2024, at 11:06 (UTC).
Opium is an American record label and rap collective that was founded in 2019 by Playboi Carti. [125] The label, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia , currently holds four acts all of whom are natives to the city; rappers Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely , and the duo Homixide Gang.
Kenyatta Lee Frazier Jr. (born April 11, 2000), known professionally as Ken Carson, is an American rapper and record producer from Atlanta, Georgia.Carson initially gained attention for his SoundCloud releases and collaborations with fellow Atlanta rapper Playboi Carti.