Collectivism, the foul authoritarian belief that individuals do not own their own bodies and lack the right to manage their own lives, is the single greatest threat to human growth and happiness in the modern age. All of the “-isms” which are used to promote violence, mass incarceration, mass surveillance, war and many other abominations are forms of collectivism; the list includes (but is not limited to) racism, fascism, communism, feminism, nationalism, progressivism and theocracy. These poisonous ideologies teach that some authority has the “right” to control individuals, to spy upon them, take their property, inflict violence upon them, lock them in cages like animals or even murder them, in the name of some nebulosity like “the State”, “society”, “The Homeland”, “equality”, “God”, “the common good”, “public order”, or whatever. And while the ways in which the monsters advance their evil agenda are countless, today I’d like to briefly look at one small example: the war on cannabis, invented in the 1930s by the US government as part of a racist campaign to suppress Hispanic people; continued and escalated to ensure the power and profits of various fascist stakeholders such as pharmaceutical companies, brewers, prison guard unions, the incarceration industry, cops, and politicians; and re-justified every couple of decades since by the usual collectivist filth such as appeals to “public health”, lies about “crime”, scaremongering about “THE CHILDREN™!!!”, etc. This common herb is not only the safest known mind–altering substance (its LD50 is so high no death from overdose has ever been recorded), it’s also incredibly cheap, non-addictive, available in as many varieties as its far more dangerous distant cousin alcohol, and capable of being absorbed into the body in a number of different ways. Its best-known property is relaxation/sedation, but some people find it suppresses nausea and/or relieves pain; others find it has aphrodisiac effects; and studies demonstrate its effectiveness as a remedy for a number of ailments including glaucoma, arthritis and possibly even some forms of cancer. I personally have found it invaluable for my insomnia and anxiety, and I’ve recently realized that lingering effects of daily use help me to stay calm in situations that would normally agitate me, even though I am not impaired and otherwise feel completely normal. Even small doses dramatically increase my sensitivity to the nuances of artistic performance, and large doses have enabled a spiritual journey over the past four years which has greatly eased my troubled mind and brought me to a place of emotional peace I have never before had and never imagined I could have. And yet, the collectivists would have me ignore all this, returning to a state of constant emotional, psychological and spiritual turmoil, because a bunch of sociopathic “leaders” who died before I was born believed it was their “right” to violently persecute their fellow humans for having darker skins than they did, and choosing a beneficial plant as the excuse for their violence. And because other sociopaths I wouldn’t even trust to park my car, much less run my life, have chosen to inflict violence on huge numbers of people using that decades-old racist agenda as their excuse. And because “the law is the law”. In short, I’m supposed to hand over control of my life, my body and even my mind to a clique of violent apes who pretend that they know better about what is good for me than I do; that the majority of people think that this actually makes moral sense is the best argument for anarchism one could ever hope for.
Collectivism vs. Cannabis
September 27, 2019 by Maggie McNeill
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I do believe you have been rebelling against all social norms at an early age. You are not alone, I have as well. I hear your cry for more support of anarchism and a desire to organize people in a train of thought that aids in freeing them from age old collective mind frames. I applaud your devotion to the cause and it is nice to know, deep down you are a Patriot, in prior posts you had me worried.
“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
Samuel Johnson
There is currently promising medical research being conducted on THC in managing debilitating child epilepsy. That research could not be performed in the past due to the heavy criminalization of THC. Researchers in the field have been aware of the promising affects of THC in epileptic children for some time, but the stigma driven illegality of marijuana made the research impossible.
Much like the 89,000 (and growing) minors who find themselves on the sex offender registry under laws that were sold to the public as needed to protect the children, I’ve always been impressed how quickly our child protectors in society are willing to throw our children under the bus when push comes to shove over their real agenda.
That children added to the sex offender registry are far more likely to then be targets of sexually exploited by actual sexual predator does not seem to trouble our child protectors any more than denying them access to the potential healing benefits of THC does.
Why if I were of a cynical nature, I might come to suspect that it was never actually about the children.
When you suggest children are being placed on sex offender registrations, are you saying 16-17 year old’s are being made to register as sex offenders, or victims of sex offenses are made to register, with the federal government all of their physical data into the overreaching database that is also used to monitor the sales and cultivation of THC filled products? This is the first time I am hearing about this and I would love to have more information on it…could you send me a link to the latest news article or information dump on the collectivism of sex offending children?
About 1/4 of all people condemned to the “sex offender” registry were sentenced to it when they were under 18. The average age at the time of their “offense” is 14.
Well said !
Great article, I am always impressed how you manage to express with so few words, what many of us feel. Its sad there isn’t more people like you, as things get more controlled we need the eternal rebels in this world.
Federally, the first major statute was the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, spearheaded by Harry J. Anslinger, then head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, former head of the defunct Treasury Department Bureau of Prohibition.
Anslinger’s major targets were Hispanics, Blacks and (go figure) jazz musicians.
But state prohibitions were enacted much earlier, against other targets.
California’s Poison Act of 1907, amended through 1915, was initially aimed at “Hindoos”, ie: immigrants from India. Although, one of the earliest major cannabis raids in the USA occurred in 1914, in Sonoratown, a primarily Hispanic neighborhood in Los Angeles.
I like your feisty spirit! In my book, anyone who supports an illegitimate law such as the anti-pot edicts, is a criminal, who deserves to be stopped from his predations by whatever means prove necessary. These thugs have gotten entirely out of hand and have proven impervious to words; therefore other methods of opposing them become entirely appropriate.