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What a silly idea that taking a substance that makes new connections in your brain would pigeonhole you political beliefs to being liberal. If anything it has l
by fasteddie31003 5y ago
What a silly idea that taking a substance that makes new connections in your brain would pigeonhole you political beliefs to being liberal. If anything it has lead me to believe that most people label themselves with political ideology because it is very hard to think for themselves. Many people need a political ideology as a crutch to see the word through and to feel a sense of tribalism within a community.
- premium_env 5y agoIn the UK we often use liberal to mean anti-authoritarian, rather than in the sense American's use it to cover a broader set of economic structures, social beliefs and the level of government interference in the market and everyday life. So while yes, I would agree that it would be strange to associate tripping with a singular political ideology in one sense, it could also follow that the experience is associated with a dissolution of boundaries that would tend to push people toward a political ideologies more associated with equal rights (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.607529/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.6075...) for instance.