emazur
04-25-2010, 09:40 PM
Marx famously declared religion to be an opiate of the masses, but what about Marxism itself? People lived through terrible conditions under Marxism but tolerated them because they were assured it was just a transitional stage to a workers paradise, argues Professor Daniel N. Robinson.
YouTube - Marxism itself is an opiate of the masses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzXZwgfXXBg)
And I don't feel like making a separate post for it, but here's a John Stuart Mill one (different topic) for ya if you're interested
YouTube - J.S. Mill: The classical liberal view on freedom of ideas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxC576uodT0)
YouTube - Marxism itself is an opiate of the masses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzXZwgfXXBg)
And I don't feel like making a separate post for it, but here's a John Stuart Mill one (different topic) for ya if you're interested
YouTube - J.S. Mill: The classical liberal view on freedom of ideas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxC576uodT0)