THE FAMOUS OVERSIMPLIFIED SOUND BITE: “Religion...is the opium of the people.” |
“Cellphones are the new opiate of the masses, stifling conversation with friends and strangers alike, even worse than those music-carrying earbuds that keep people looking straight ahead like cattle, showing blank, uncurious faces, totally unaware that we might be approaching the slaughterhouse.” |
“REVOLUTION IS THE OPIUM OF THE INTELLECTUALS.” |
“I think voting is the opium of the masses in this country. Every four years you deaden the pain.” |
“Political correctness is the opium of the liberal…It makes them feel good.” |
Gudrun (actress Susanne Sachsse): “Heterosexuality is the opiate of the masses.” |
“Popular culture distracts and confuses Americans through distorting perceptions of social issues and existing social institutions. If religion was ‘the opium of the masses’ in the nineteenth century, the electronic media is the ‘opium of the masses’ in the late twentieth century.” |
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