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True or False: The “opium of the people” idea refers to the theory that religion encourages people to accept their social conditions because rewards await them in the afterlife.

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In general, this is correct, although the phrase has more to do with the idea that people use religion to "lower themselves down" in everyday life. It doesn't necessarily refer to rewards in an afterlife.

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