Re: Debunking the ‘Opium of the People’ Maxim: Football is about Politics and Class Struggle 📂 Archived Message Posted by Sinister Burt on December 9, 2020, 4:35 pm, in reply to "Debunking the ‘Opium of the People’ Maxim: Football is about Politics and Class Struggle" I'm sure everyone here knows (more than me), but i think marx meant religion was the opium of the people in the more positive medical sense (ie helping salve the wounds of the capitalism (and therefore prolonging it) rather than in the recreational/escapist/addictive sense. (i probably remembered that wrong though). Message Thread: Debunking the ‘Opium of the People’ Maxim: Football is about Politics and Class Struggle - Keith-264 December 8, 2020, 2:53 pm Chomsky obviously has never heard NZ sports talk radio. - Morrissey December 8, 2020, 10:56 pm Re: Debunking the ‘Opium of the People’ Maxim: Football is about Politics and Class Struggle - Sinister Burt December 9, 2020, 4:35 pm « Index   Searching