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Why the Nazi Party Loved Decaf Coffee
- ncmncm 6y agotl;dr Germans invented decaf before WWI, Nazis liked to think they were big on public health, so promoted decaf, but also thought daily methamphetamine was healthy, so recommended eating chocolate with it in. So, shorter: Nazis did things for what seemed to them like reasons. I can add, Victorian English and contemporaneous Americans were little different, and similarly self-righteously deadly to minorities. But did it first.
- im3w1l 6y agoIt's really interesting how dramatically our views of mind-altering substances have evolved. I'd like reading an essay or book on the subject if anyone knows a good one. Like I have picked up bits and pieces here and there but not seen anyone attempting a coherent whole.