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Well, I think Marx was saying that belief in things that aren't real (like life after death) are a way of coping with an imperfect world. Take away the pain and suffering and you do away with a lot of the need for religion.
For example.. look back at the Middle Ages where people lived short, brutal lives and the government had absolute power, religion was huge back then. Or ancient Egypt as another example.