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Can someone clarify whether this is right and add any other important/useful information about this subject please:
Marx believed that religion exists because people cannot understand society and people therefore turn to religion because they are suffering either physically or intellectually.
Religion is used by those in power to justify their control over the prolateriat.
According to Marx, do those in power turn to religion for essentially the same reasons as everyone else?
Also, does Marx really believe that people turn to religion only because they do not understand society, as opposed to the world as a whole, and if that is not the case, how can communism cause religion to become unnecessary?
Marx believed that religion exists because people cannot understand society and people therefore turn to religion because they are suffering either physically or intellectually.
Religion is used by those in power to justify their control over the prolateriat.
According to Marx, do those in power turn to religion for essentially the same reasons as everyone else?
Also, does Marx really believe that people turn to religion only because they do not understand society, as opposed to the world as a whole, and if that is not the case, how can communism cause religion to become unnecessary?