Religion and other opiums
Dear Comrades, Coming from extremely conservative and poor backgrounds of India has an advantage of seeing the whole class structure naked in front of you. The relationship of humans and religion has been one of mutual interdependence. It seems really scarce to our liberal friends today how can we be able to survive without religion. It is for this reason I think it is highly needed that we, communists should clarify our stance on religion and similarly related things. Since Marx, Religion and Communism had tensions so great that many people died because of these tensions. Anything like religion, which serves a dual purpose in a class wise stratified society, viz. Service to the bourgeoisie by blinding the proletariat of it's class consciousness and service to the proletariat by giving them reasons for their suffering. But, this has changed since the advent of newer and updated economic systems. I believe, Religion today not only consoles the proletariat but also the bourgeo...