Yaroslavsky's "Religion in the USSR" is a very interesting work to me (he was the leader/founder of the Militant Atheist League), also check out the Little Lenin Library compilation titled "Lenin On Religion". Both are short if people are interested in reading them.

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is not what Marxists believe. Religion is the opiate of the people, a way to numb suffering in a world full of pain and deprivation. The first requisite to a happy people is improving material conditions. All communist experiments believe this. Religious institutions are a different matter, where states deal with them situationally

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

If you like your opium, you can keep it

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

it would do a log to remove the impetus for lots of violence around the world

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Very good point. Sign me up