In my hippyish days, I used to believe, or at least hope, that expanding one's consciousness and opening the mind's eye could help most people be somehow better, you know?
So if there's one thing the tech bros have taught me, it's that it's possible to do drugs wrong.
@HauntedOwlbear the Dark Enlightenment movement is fucking weird.
Every so often I'll stumble onto the philosophies of silicon valley and eveerytime I feel like I need to take a shower.
the behaviour of tech-bros / drug-bros (even at the lower levels) especially since the 2010s is why we are likely doomed to have /some/ level of prohibition for the foreseeable future
In my country they even fucked up a "legal" drugs market with new psychoactive substances the then government was initially turning a blind eye to, as folk couldn't self-regulate and put too much burden on the health/social care/emergency services when they overdid things (also too many people were driving under the influence which was causing carnage on the roads)
@DarkestKale Mmm, yeah. I glanced over in that direction a couple of years ago, read about the envronmental footprint of its current incarnation, and was at once disappointed and unsurprised.
There've always been a few specific tendencies that can flavour and push the needle on this stuff, and the one that's themed around being an accumulation deathcult has definitely done its thing.
@HauntedOwlbear I grew up with camping a fair bit (parents took us around Australia in one loooong holiday, plus a few shorter ones here or there, etc)
For me, camping is a tent + your food, and that's it. Caravan? sure, ok, if you like.
I know some folks who do generators and tvs and just... not my thing.
@HauntedOwlbear this reminds me of an old harry hutton post that's weirdly koan-esque
paraphrased: you are watching big brother. Two of its stars, the stupidest people in the world, are talking. Suddenly, a third walks in. Has the room become more, or less stupid? The mind wavers. Suddenly this is compelling.
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