“Dante is sometimes quoted as having said, ‘The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
It is a paraphrase of the Italian:
“I luoghi più caldi dell’inferno sono riservati a coloro che, in tempi di grande crisi morale, mantengono la loro neutralità.”
Whether Dante himself wrote this or not, it expresses the (righteous) view that those who tolerate silently social and political injustice deserve the harshest punishment in any moral court of law.
Q&A
Q&A
What Karl Marx right in characterizing religion as the opium of the people?
I don’t know. Figuratively speaking, perhaps, in the phrase of Karl Marx, there is some truth to this.
To the extent that some aspects of religions, such as ancient superstitions, intolerance and persecutions still contaminate the worldview and behavior of countless people there seems to be much truth in this.
But what should be of concern to all is that literally speaking opium/opioid is becoming the religion (i.e. something ardently to be pursued and experienced) of a growing number of people.
Spurts of Thought 