"'Capital' ... in the political field is analogous to 'government'. ... The economic idea of capitalism, the politics of government or of authority, and the theological idea of the Church are three identical ideas, linked in various ways. To attack one of them is equivalent to attacking all of them. ... What capital does to labour, and the State to liberty, the Church does to the spirit. This trinity of absolutism is as baneful in practice as it is in philosophy. The most effective means for oppressing the people would be simultaneously to enslave its body, its will and its reason."
--Pierre-Joseph Proudhon on mutualism
To which I would add:
“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.” --Napoleon Bonaparte.
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