Weber believes that every society is different and proposes typical ideal constructs to explain a particular society. The starting point of his theory is meaningful social action. Weber believes that humans naturally place value on beings that carry certain values ​​and interpret natural and social factors based on their values. Human beings are conscious creatures who attach meaning to an act directed towards another individual. Weber deals with social action, its subjective meaning and the unintended consequences of actions. According to Weber, structure is the result of an action which in turn influences the individuals responsible for creating the structure. Humans act based on subjective meaning, and humans' worldviews determine their behavior. Each individual's behavior slowly becomes shaped and regulated. The actions of each individual collectively create a collective institution for society. The iron cage, therefore, is an unintended result of growing rationalist thinking in Western capitalist societies. Weber uses the iron cage metaphor to explain social order and society. As society developed, rationalistic and efficient thinking grew and this led to the growth of bureaucracies. Bureaucracy is conceived as the most dominant form of social organization based on efficiency, rationalism and control. In a bureaucracy there is a set of rules that favor rational principles oriented towards an objective. Bureaucracy gave rise to the iron cage which is a metaphor for people in Western capitalist societies who are trapped within a dogma of efficiency and practicality. This type of thinking limits individual human freedom and potential because the way the institution is built, does not allow human beings to have... half of paper... worker beings because assembly lines take away the part social life of the human being. Marx saw religion as a tool of class oppression because of the conflict it brought to societies. According to Marx, “religion is the opium of the people” and “religion promotes stratification because it supports a hierarchy of people on Earth and the subordination of mankind to divine authority.” Marx believes that it is man who creates religion and not vice versa. He argues that religion is a mere product of man and is for people who have not conquered themselves or have lost themselves again. He calls for the exile of religion stating that religion is only an illusion of happiness and its abolition is a call for true happiness. Religion highlights social conditions and causes people to think and act the way religion teaches instead of making individuals act on their own initiative.