Quote Originally Posted by killerweed420
Its hard to live in a civilized society where no one is civilized. And if you're not taking the time to sit back and fir up a fatty and think about life then you're not really living are you? Pot certainly is great at that. It allows you to take an objective look at whats around you. Thats why the feds don't want it legalized. Because if you sit back for 10 minutes and look around you'll see that things are pretty fooked up and maybe we should get off the couch and do something about it. Thats the last thing the lords of industry want you to do.
Pretty much. My take is that the "dynamic" (motivations/structure/pecking order) of all societies has never essentially changed since ancient times (imperial Rome. ancient Greece, etc. going back to Mesopotamia). There has always been that "1%" that run things. And they generally want an orderly, predictable, quiet and INDUSTRIOUS society so that they can amass more wealth and power. Pot smokers are often not industrious. And some of them tend to do more thinking and introspection than non-pot smokers. Note that consumption of alcohol, which has generally been legal throughout history, is not conducive to thinking and introspection. The ruling elites can handle boozers: dry 'em out and put 'em back to work; they will continue to "slave" away at jobs they hate and go get drunk after work in preparation for the next day of drudgery.