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>with legalisation of cannabis increasingly a thing the comparison to SOMA isn't too big a stretch. I'd go further and relate it directly to MDMA, LSD, and oth
by bluntfang 8y ago
>with legalisation of cannabis increasingly a thing the comparison to SOMA isn't too big a stretch.
I'd go further and relate it directly to MDMA, LSD, and other drugs. The government knowns about Burning Man, music festivals, etc. If they really didn't want people doing these drugs do you think these events would be allowed to happen?
- brianmcc 8y agoYou're not the first to make the link: https://www.somarecords.com/ https://www.somarecords.com/ Here in the UK in the 90s the Govt tried really quite hard to shut down "raves": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Public_Order_Act_1994 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Public_Or... Glasgow lost its legendary Arches venue very recently, arguably the single best clubbing venue in Scotland, due specifically to these kinds of concerns. I think a certain amount of "youthful exuberance" is indeed tolerated - but go too far and Thou Shalt Often Be Shut Down.
- bluntfang 8y ago>I think a certain amount of "youthful exuberance" is indeed tolerated - but go too far and Thou Shalt Often Be Shut Down. Living in Boston I see the revolving music venue scene. It seems like about every ~5 years or so the well known venues close down for whatever reason (mismanagement, fallout from harassment/drug use, etc) and another one pops up to fill the void. It seems like getting shut down is a power check from the government to keep us complacent, as the next scene will appear and be just as much as a Time and Place as the one before it.