1. Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche
However, if humanity adopts the animal's ability to forget, the species will also enable the ability to only appropriate elements of the past that are "life-serving" and forget those that are unnecessary or harmful to our happiness (Nietzsche, 36). ... For Marx, religion is at the root of capitalism, in which humanity is alienated from internal, creative powers, which allows an external power to dictate man's life (Marx, 267). This ideology flourishes in a capitalistic society because it further supports the notion that the masses are not in control of their lives. ... Ther...
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