[8note]

Specifically for the psychedelics, the danger is that people will see capitalist structures for how ridiculous they are

They aren't dangerous to individuals, only rent seekers

[deemster]

Good time to quote the cosmic bard, Terence McKenna.

"Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong."

[WalterBright]

That's the worst argument for socialism I've ever encountered.

[breakfastduck]

There was no argument for socialism.

[WalterBright]

Such statements are never made in a vacuum. There's always context, even if unstated.

[captainredbeard]

It’s not an argument, it’s a drug-induced psychotic musing…