INACTIVE ACCOUNT to Comradeship // Freechat · 2 years agoThoughts on this statement?imagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1imageThoughts on this statement?INACTIVE ACCOUNT to Comradeship // Freechat · 2 years agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareCannotSleep420linkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 years agoI can’t remember if it was Marx himself who said this or not, but I think the point of Marxism isn’t to refute religion, but rather to liberate people from the conditions that lead to them needing religion in the first place.
minus-squareredtealinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-22 years agoThat’s how I understand it. And until that time (if it ever comes), full support for religious freedom (with a separation between the state and religion). EDIT: I don’t mean whether communism ever comes – that’s coming in 2023 ;) I mean whether, under communism, people do see no more need for religion.
I can’t remember if it was Marx himself who said this or not, but I think the point of Marxism isn’t to refute religion, but rather to liberate people from the conditions that lead to them needing religion in the first place.
That’s how I understand it.
And until that time (if it ever comes), full support for religious freedom (with a separation between the state and religion).
EDIT: I don’t mean whether communism ever comes – that’s coming in 2023 ;) I mean whether, under communism, people do see no more need for religion.