# Religion Is the Opium of the People The saying comes from Karl Marx's Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right: > Religious distress is at the same time the expression of real distress and the protest against real distress. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions. Here's another eloquent description I've captured from Sam Esmail's Mr. Robot (season 2, episode 1, 45:00): > Why didn't God help my innocent friend who died for no reason while the guilty roam free? > How about the countless wars declared in his name? > How about the racist, sexist, phobia soup we've all been drowning in because of him? > I'm not just talking about Jesus, I'm talking about all organized religion. Exclusive groups, created to manage control. A dealer getting people hooked on the drug of hope. His followers nothing but addicts who want their hit of bullshit to keep their dopamine of ignorance. Addicts afraid to believe the truth that there is no order, there's no power, that all religions are just metastasizing mind worms meant to divide us so it's easier to rule us by the charlatans that want to run us. All we are to them are paying fanboys of their poorly written sci-fi franchise. > People think their worship's some key to happiness. That's just how he owns you. So fuck God, he's not a good enough scapegoat for me.