Marx on Religion
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Marx held that religion reflects and helps maintain social stratification, calling it "the opium of the people" for teaching the poor to accept present suffering for a reward after death.
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Marx pointed to institutions accumulating wealth while teaching parishioners that true reward lies beyond this life.
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Marx's claim concerns religion's social function under inequality, not a judgment on any individual believer's sincerity.