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There’s that word again: ”drugs” - you just know anyone using that word in earnest is suffering from a narrow and naïve world view imposed upon them by generati
by cluckindan 1y ago
There’s that word again: ”drugs” - you just know anyone using that word in earnest is suffering from a narrow and naïve world view imposed upon them by generations of propaganda.
There is a huge experiential chasm between opiates and psychedelics. These two groups of substances have nothing to do with each other.
- kazinator 1y agoReligion is not literally opium; Marx was speaking/writing figuratively. He just referred to a popular recreational of his time.
- cluckindan 1y agoNo, he was referring to making the people unwilling and unable to revolt. This is literally a thread about psychedelics, not allegory.
- kazinator 1y ago[flagged]
- cluckindan 1y agoMmkay, you don’t think that’s a bit condescending?
- rendall 1y ago> you don’t think that’s a bit condescending? Honest question: are you self-aware? That is, do you feel yourself to be of the world, or uniquely separate from the world? I'm asking, again, sincerely, because I'm wondering how one could scold about condescension immediately after posting this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44295152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44295152
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- itsoktocry 1y ago>There’s that word again: ”drugs” - you just know anyone using that word in earnest is suffering from a narrow and naïve world view Do you know what a drug is?
- dymk 1y agoCaffeine, Tylenol, beer, heroin, LSD, Sudafed, Five Hour Energy, …