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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That's how you get a Manson family with 70 million members.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

MK-ultra 2.0 : boogaloo boys

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I suspect they're not trying to do a good thing--what they're doing is likely making psychedelics as easy to access as possible, get everyone doing them, have that (obviously) go poorly, and then say "See? Nixon was right, minorities bad.”

RFK spoke positively of psychedelics in the same sentence as raw milk, so I think we're about to see decades of progress reversed.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Is there any evidence of this? Not saying I disagree (and honestly wouldn’t be too surprised if this were the case), but just because it’s the “other team” that’s making the claim doesn’t necessarily equate to automatically being “bad”.

We gotta take statements, evidence, and arguments at face value. I have no idea what their intentions are or what the actual plan is (since it’s almost impossible to find any consistency within the GOP), but opening up psychedelics, in a controlled manner, could do wonders for society.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

but just because it’s the “other team” that’s making the claim doesn’t necessarily equate to automatically being “bad”.

They're fascists, it absolutely means that, we cannot give them a micro inch of trust or benefit of the doubt

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

The raw milk thing is so dumb. I somehow stumbled upon it on Tiktok and most of them heat the milk up before consuming it lol... do they not know what pasteurization is?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

They're probably doing it wrong: not long enough, not high enough temperature, lack of other basic sanitary protections.

Also, TikTok is cancer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

TikTok content creator and "knowing" are like oil and water. Mixing requires soap. I don't know what soap is.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago

A broken clock is right once a day. I use 24H time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

well that's good as I'd like to spend the next four years as far from reality as possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

I'm thinking of getting a camper van to do just that.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)

Ego death might benefit a few of these people

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I think that if you get a position in Congress / the White House / the Supreme Court you should be required to pick from a menu of ego-shattering experiences before you take office. Psychedelics are on the list, but there can be other options in case drugs are no good for you. Things like extended fasting, a round in a sensory deprivation tank, a trip to orbit, being present for an organ donor having their organs removed... I'm sure we could come up with a list of drug-free experiences that would be transformative and drive home that you aren't the center of the universe.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

I've known raving fascist assholes who also took psychedelics. They're not a panacea, however much you might like to imagine they are.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I know one guy who went through this. He was one of the most insufferable, alpha-male, Tate/Rogan macho men, he-man woman hater... I knew of not one person that liked him, only a few could even tolerate him.
He suffered... suffered might be the wrong word, experienced an ego death on shrooms. I won't say I liked him but he became calmer, he became someone you could talk to. He became someone others CHOSE to socialize with, they invited him out.
The transformation in this guy's personality was amazing. I don't know that his social or political views changed, but he absolutely did.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago

Fr lol. Everyone should safely try a heavy psilocybin dose at least once. (Unless you have a genetic history of schizophrenia)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 40 points 22 hours ago

Maybe they will be so gorked out of their minds that they'll fail to implement anything in Project2025

[–] [email protected] 28 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Who's ready for MKUltra part 2?? :DDDDD

[–] [email protected] 20 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I volunteer.

Best case, I get to see the beauty of existence and get a Wikipedia page.

Worst case, I finally snap and die after shooting myself in the back of the head twice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I thought it was: snap, live off the land in seclusion and build drone bombs from scratch

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

Also a fun outcome.