> It's easy to blame a particular molecule for ruining someone's life. It's less easy to blame a system that turns men into machines. maybe it's not the "syste

> It's easy to blame a particular molecule for ruining someone's life. It's less easy to blame a system that turns men into machines. maybe it's not the "system" but the success of the system that is to blame ? All the homeless, impoverished, 3rd-world people dont have time to get addicted to things because they're trying to eat! I almost want to agree with you that its the unnatural constraints that capitalism puts us under. But at the end of the day, we as Westerners generally have money to buy dope/gamble/drink etc. The only place that money comes from is our collective prosperity. I say it's our collective prosperity that enables us to gorge ourselves on whatever vices we prefer. Look at how many celebrities implode because they have the money to buy whatever pleasure-substances they want.