Religion, the "opiate of the masses," connects immigrants to each other and disconnects them to the rest of the world—isolating and traumatizing those seeking to belong.
Religion, the "opiate of the masses," can disconnect people from the present and their engagement in politics.
The intergenerational acculturation gap between immigrant parents and children may lead to increased stress. Karl Marx famously coined religion the “opiate of the masses.” He argued that religion disconnects disadvantaged people from the here and now and dulls their engagement in progressive. Historically, religion has been the cause of wars and genocides and, at the micro level, has been the source of estrangement and conflict in families.
In this way, religion simultaneously connects and disconnects immigrant families from their culture and each other. It becomes increasingly harder for immigrant children to differentiate from their families and to assert more progressive, secular beliefs, which is often more common among younger generations.
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