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The reverse seems much much more likely. The abusive political system pushes drug legalization as an opiate of the masses so they are more content to deal with
by ecshafer 3y ago
The reverse seems much much more likely. The abusive political system pushes drug legalization as an opiate of the masses so they are more content to deal with the abusive political system. A weekend of legal drug use to make the pain go away and disrupt solidarity.
- __MatrixMan__ 3y agoOpiates are quite a different animal. A weekend of psychedelics with your friends is not going to help you ignore anything.
- chiefalchemist 3y agore: opiate of the masses https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/the+opiate+of+the+masses https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/the+opiate+of+the+masse... In short, it's not to be read literally.
- __MatrixMan__ 3y agoI'm aware, and in context with religion is an apt metaphor. But in context with psychedelics it's not. They're not a numbing agents, they're catalysts for change, that's why they're applicable to therapy in ways that opiates are not.
- chiefalchemist 3y agoYes and no. At some low-level the brain doesn't differential between physical pain and mental / emotional pain. It's pain, and it needs to be reckoned with. Maybe psychedelics aren't painkillers in the opioid sense. However, they do provide pain relief, and yes perhaps an opportunity for healing. The difference really isn't all that much.
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoI agree with the other commenter that this is not how psychedelics work. They do not "make the pain go away" like depressants. If they have any effect on solidarity it would be to strengthen it, not disrupt it. This is interestingly a great example of the point being made in TFA. That we need a new category for psychedelics because they are not anything like opiates etc.