Are psychedelics going to “change the world” as some people believe?
Yesterday, a member of the French Psychedelic Society, who works in a harm reduction association in western France, sent us this, which is starting to circulate in France, and has also been spotted since pic.twitter.com/8IPlB14l4S
— Dr Zoë Dubus (@zoe_dubus) June 25, 2024
It’s possible that this new trend is linked to the growing levels of support for the far-right in Europe. Germans under 25 lent the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party 16 per cent of their vote in the European elections; Geert Wilders coasted to power in the Netherlands last year with the help of the youth vote; and most recently, young people were more likely to vote for Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party than the centrist coalition in the first round of the French election (thankfully Le Pen was ultimately defeated in the second round of voting – you can watch a video of some right-wing freaks crying over their defeat here).
“Contrary to popular belief in certain psychedelic circles, the consumption of these substances in no way makes you a pacifist, an ecologist or ‘we’re all brothers and sisters’,” Dr Dubus wrote in a thread posted on X. “In fact, it would appear that psychedelics reinforce pre-established ideologies.”
“The existence of these pills horrifies me. I can’t imagine what it must be like, the events during which people take them. In the current French political context, this is obviously all the more worrying,” she continued. “People who use these products to consolidate their fascist ideology, to feel more united, more legitimate. It’s terrifying.”
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Publish date : 2024-07-10 10:53:00
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