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单词 the opium of the people (or masses)
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the opium of the people (or masses)

Something regarded as inducing a false and unrealistic sense of contentment among people.In a way, the lottery has become, as Mr Marx would have said, ‘the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of heartless conditions, the opium of the people.’...
  • Some papers are now part of the showbiz industry and for many, celebrity rather than religion is now the opium of the people.
  • It's almost like the opium of the people that Karl Marx was talking about a century ago.
Translating the German phrase Opium des Volks, used by Marx in reference to religion (1844)
See parent entry: opium
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