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opium of the people Marx’s classic metaphor for religion. [Ger. Hist.: Critique of Hegel’s “Philosophy of Right”] See : Delusion How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Baseball writer Jerome Holtzman once wrote, ``If sports have become the opiate of the people, as charged, . Gallagher goes on to state that Marx had it wrong when he called religion the opiate of the people. |
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