Karl Marx said that "religion is the opiate of the masses." I don't think that was ever said about tea.
ANSWER: A capitalist no doubt.
It was Edward R. Murrow but he said it may be the "opiate of the people."
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Because it is the opiate of the masses and how else will the church and state control the people?
I would say that gods (or religion) have always had the same importance, the "opiate of the masses" as Marx said. Of course, one shouldn't confuse social religious practice with personal Spiritual devotion.
The quote 'religion is the opiate of the masses' is attributed to Karl Marx, who wrote 'Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes' in his unpublished work A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy, the introduction of which was published in Marx's journal Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher. The full quote is 'Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.'
The most famous sentence using this word is from Karl Marx who said "Religion is the opiate of the people."
Answer; Jesus / Joshua, "the opiate of the masses!" Perhaps some other readers can fill in the symbolism found in the above? Ron Hughes
It was Henry Ford, but it was "sell to the masses and eat with the classes".
"That's the People's opium". If you are referring to the Karl Marx quote, it is usually translated as "It's the opiate of the masses."
Bill Shankly