[lbo-talk] Marxism and religion

[andie nachgeborenen]

So Marx would consider a soporific to be maybe
"somewhat" positive? Really, Joanna. Obviously he's
not operating on reefer madness assumptions, but he's
saying that we can understand why people would turn to
religion, and that this turn has a  bad conservatizing
effect. The anesthetic effects deadens the pain while
leaving the cause to fester and suppurate.

--- joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:

> andie nachgeborenen wrote:
> 
> >Your point?
> >  
> >
> His point is that it was considered a soporific, an
> anodyne.
> 
> Not entirely positive, but not the evil it has been
> made into since.
> 
> Joanna
> 
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