"Billy Burpelson" wrote in message
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I'm not sure why you brought up religion here, but seeing as you did...

I thought Marx said "Religion is the opiate of the masses". Wouldn't
opiates -add- to "the happiness of the people"? Marx seems to be a little
inconsistent here. ;-)

Brenda Ann wrote:

I believe that his quote was referring to the negative aspect of opiate use:
the dumbing down of the people through their use.

You are correct -- but sorry you missed the sarcasm. Please note the
winking smiley face.

Plus it's still not clear why the OP even dropped in a religious comment
when the original topic was political/financial about O destroying 45%
of the world's wealth (in 7 short weeks).