Re: [Marxism] Timothy Leary

["Jeffrey Thomas Piercy, El Pato Comunista" <mqduck@xxxxxxxxx>]

Louis Proyect wrote:
> But the LSD 
> experience is completely suggestible. People on the drug see and feel 
> what they expect to see and feel, or what they have been told they will 
> see and feel. If they expect that the secret of the universe will be 
> revealed to them, then that’s what they will find. An illusion, no 
> doubt, but it’s as close as we’re likely to get.

I must admit to being a fan of LSD. It'd be pretty hard for me to come 
up with a way to relate it to anything Marxist, but it's great stuff. 
The insights you gain, logically, are insights you already had the 
knowledge to gain. It allows you to somehow step away from your super 
ego and see things as they really are. That's where the insight can come 
from, and they can definitely be very real (sometimes). A small, 
illogical part of me that I know I should ignore believes that the world 
would be a much better place if everyone took this drug.

Sorry, I just lost Marxism points, didn't I?


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