“Those who live by the labor of others are taught by religion to practice charity while on earth, thus offering them a very cheap way of justifying their entire existence as exploiters and selling them at a moderate price tickets to well-being in heaven. Religion is opium for the people. Religion is a sort of spiritual booze, in which the slaves of capital drown their human image, their demand for a life more or less worthy of man.”
― Socialism and religion
― Socialism and religion
“A revolution is certainly the most authoritarian thing that is possible. Revolution is the act whereby one part of the population imposes its will upon the other part by means of rifles, bayonets, and cannons, i.e. extremely authoritarian means”
― The State and Revolution
― The State and Revolution
“Man is a social being with independence, creativity and consciousness.”
― Socialism is a Science
― Socialism is a Science
“Civilization thrives in vigilance -- not complacency.”
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