Happy New Year!
It is 2007! Can you believe that seven years have elapsed since we were all panicking about the millenium bug?
I would like to take this opportunity to say 'Happy New Year!' and share a festive philosophical musing.
Karl Marx famously stated that "Religion is the opiate of the masses" and, more recently, Bill Watterson drew a television with a thought bubble saying "Karl Marx ain't seen nothing yet".
If the destiny of the masses is to relinquish the power that they have over their minds and lives, it is sad that the trend of western society is to choose television over religion. Religion, with all its faults, at least has the advantage of calling people to high ideals and a structured community. Has the overall result of progress merely been the transfer of dependance to a lesser god?
I would like to take this opportunity to say 'Happy New Year!' and share a festive philosophical musing.
Karl Marx famously stated that "Religion is the opiate of the masses" and, more recently, Bill Watterson drew a television with a thought bubble saying "Karl Marx ain't seen nothing yet".
If the destiny of the masses is to relinquish the power that they have over their minds and lives, it is sad that the trend of western society is to choose television over religion. Religion, with all its faults, at least has the advantage of calling people to high ideals and a structured community. Has the overall result of progress merely been the transfer of dependance to a lesser god?
posted by Bronwen Dekker at 10:32 AM
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