Drug Politics

[Rhett]

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The essence of drug politics. The drug dealer survives off the weakness of others, and therefore has every interest in weakness remaining.

The drug user, who suffers, feels tied to drug induced torpor, and therefore protects the dealer.

Where the dealer has a strong market, he has power over the users. He can use that in any number of ways. In a political environment, he can exercise various forms of thought control, i.e. share my opinions and you get a good deal, disagree . . . and a tough habit gets tougher, one way or another.

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[Tharan]

What if a user decides to one day become a dealer? How do narcs and the cops fit in the picture?

[David Quinn]

The same analysis can be applied to religion and the guru-student relationship. It is not in a guru's interests to have his students become enlightened, or to become gurus on their own. They will only rise up to compete on his turf, possibly forcing him out of the market. Better to keep feeding them drivel in order to keep them weak and compliant.

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[Rhett]

The same analysis can be applied to religion and the guru-student relationship. It is not in a guru's interests to have his students become enlightened, or to become gurus on their own. They will only rise up to compete on his turf, possibly forcing him out of the market. Better to keep feeding them drivel in order to keep them weak and compliant.-

The guru also feeds them drivel oriented towards breaking any trust the student has towards other gurus, commonfolk, and anti-gurus. Divide and conquer.

However, my guess is that in drug politics the user is rarely idealising becoming a drug dealer, so there is less friction in that area between them.

Helping the user see the motivations of the dealer may help them break their compliance with the drug dealer. Even greater, if they see the whole dynamic of their actions and dependency. And helping the drug dealer see their own motivations could also possibly have a beneficial effect.

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[Tharan]

Perhaps the user will realize that the dealer is really only a middleman, and in fact more of a bottleneck. At that point, the user could go straight to the source and do away with all the politics.

[Shardrol]

The same analysis can be applied to religion and the guru-student relationship. It is not in a guru's interests to have his students become enlightened, or to become gurus on their own. They will only rise up to compete on his turf, possibly forcing him out of the market. Better to keep feeding them drivel in order to keep them weak and compliant.

Of course you're only speaking here of unenlightened gurus. Enlightened gurus, such as yourself, are only here to facilitate wisdom & enlightenment in others. There could be no possible question of 'market' or 'turf' because the more wisdom the better.
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[Rhett]

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Perhaps the user will realize that the dealer is really only a middleman, and in fact more of a bottleneck. At that point, the user could go straight to the source and do away with all the politics.

That's an interesting idea, but they could only pursue that if they know who the source is. In most cases i guess they would not, because the dealer has reason to prevent that information becoming known. And even if they do know who the source is, they may only deal in bulk, leaving the cutting to others. Also, they may wish to protect their distributor, just like any normal wholesaling business does.

If the politics is not to the users liking and they have the resources they could undertake to find and purchase from another dealer, however in many cases they are disadvantaged people with little resources. With a local dealer the disadvantaged can buy every few days as they need it and as they can afford it. The drawbacks of using one that is not local would be weighed against any political cost before any such break might ever be made.

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[Tomas]

Bypass the dealer by growing your own stuff.

Marijuana (cannabis) seeds are easy to come by in USA.

Coca leaf is (can be) legally imported to your mailbox from South America. Mata de Coca tea is denatured but is a legal product to be consumed.

Various types (strains) of poppy seeds can be legally cultivated in the USA.

Peyote is legal, if strictly administered, on a federal Indian Reservation for religious purposes. (i know, i know ... what constitutes "religion"?)

Various types of herbal concoctions (legal highs for lack of better words) can be had over the counter in health food stores.

I don't do (nor have in the past) legal prescriptions of any type other than morphine drip in the military.

Occasional ibuprofen for the nagging aches, pains, headaches.


Tomas (the tank)
VietNam veteran - 1971

[Rhett]

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Bypass the dealer by growing your own stuff.

This might work for some.

However, as said before, users are commonly disadvantaged people, and often don't have enough control of their lives to successfully grow and process their own drugs.


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