Section 4
The Conflict Perspective on Religion
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Marx and the "Opiate of the Masses"
Karl Marx argues that religion works to calm uncertainty over our role in the universe and in society, and to maintain the status quo.
Religion and Social Control
Marx viewed religion as a tool of social control used by the bourgeoisie to keep the proletariat content with an unequal status quo.