Marx's notion that religion diverts the thoughts of workers to the afterlife rather than toward rebellion against their worldly oppressors is expressed by his statement ________.

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Marx wrote in his Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right: "Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. 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". This statement implies that religion acts as a kind of drug that diverts people from the harsh realities of their lives and provides them with false hope in the form of an afterlife, instead of inspiring them to revolt against their oppressors.

Marx's Notion That Religion Diverts the Thoughts of Workers to the Afterlife