I think ALL parties and states will soon back weed, if for no better reason than to keep the masses under control. Stoners are less likely to revolt and more likely to accept their plight, and that will become more necessary as hope dims for so many.
Technological advancement necessitates socialism until the powers that be decide it's just better to gas most of us. I don't LIKE the idea of socialism, but once technology or even outsourcing eliminates most of the means people have of supporting themselves, what are you left with? Over the years, every time I bring this up there are immediate slams from people claiming that it'll never come to that, but it HAS come to that. Every time in my life that I've run to a career "safe haven" thinking it would never be replaced by technology, I've been surprised. I went into office work because I reasoned that secretaries would never be replaced; lo and behold, speech-to-text and email came along. Once AI advances far enough, machines will be programming themselves and even programmers and engineers won't be needed.
Outsourcing is a great business strategy in the short-term, but once all of the jobs are in other countries, who's going to buy the houses and products here? Not us.
The thing is, if you do make it possible for most of the population to forego working, they also forego social responsibility and massive overpopulation will result. If the only thing I had to think about was my next lay and the next bag of weed, I might be no different. Or would I? While it's true that many people would prefer a derelict lifestyle, I'd get burned out on that pretty quickly. I think most people want their lives to mean something and count for something.
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