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In reply to the discussion: I'll tell you what bothers me the most: [View all]Hestia
(3,818 posts)I was going to say the same thing - every time the populace becomes educated and starts waking up, here comes a shiny pretty to distract everyone. First Victrola and cocaine; then Radio and Speakeasies; then Depression and FDR; then WWII and Almighty Dollar; then Korea and Speedballs; Vietnam and Heroin and Color TV, LSD, pot; 70s and Cocaine, Crank and Quaaludes and CB Radios; 80s, Crack, Just Say No and Cable; 90s - this is hard because Ecstasy actually creates a Group Mind rather than individual addiction, but 90s Raves and Ecstasy, late 90s Internet; then we have 2001, 9/11 and Internet explodes, then streaming, then Phone Culture and back to basics, Cannabis.
We're due for another LSD or Ecstasy - both are non-addicting and like I stated above develop a Group Mind which causes leaps in civilization until the corporation nation states either monetize it or some busybodies clamp down on it. Even the Ancient Greeks had ergot, early front runner of LSD. "The Drug Years" TV series and "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been" which the TV series is based upon are fantastic about tracing drug use in the US and the both ill and good that came from each one.
Each and every time people look up beyond themselves and starting talking and thinking, then comes the "Next.Best.Thing." Both electronic or drug wise.