The phrase "opium of the masses" was coined by Karl Marx to describe religion as a tool used by the ruling class to keep the working class passive and content with their oppressed conditions. It suggests that religion can be used to distract and pacify people, preventing them from seeking social change.
The Catholic Church burns incense at certain special Masses but has never burned opium.
The quote 'religion is the opiate of the masses' is attributed to Karl Marx, who wrote 'Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes' in his unpublished work A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy, the introduction of which was published in Marx's journal Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher. The full quote is '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.'
because he said in the text that if the owner of the opium den recognised him he would be dead
It was a quotation from Karl Marx's 1843 Contribution to Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right .
Karl Marx said that "religion is the opiate of the masses." I don't think that was ever said about tea.ANSWER: A capitalist no doubt.
"That's the People's opium". If you are referring to the Karl Marx quote, it is usually translated as "It's the opiate of the masses."
It was Henry Ford, but it was "sell to the masses and eat with the classes".
Plato
The big feast Masses like Christmas ,and Easter ,and they are in Latin Language
It was Edward R. Murrow but he said it may be the "opiate of the people."
Tom larkin