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Re:Was Modern Art a CIA Psy-Op? by mr_toad on Thursday June 01, 2023 @09:12PM (#36159597)
> very defensive of their drug overuse, in spite of the fact that their "counterculture" had set back effective policy by generations

But did people dislike the hippies because of their drug use, or did they dislike drug use because of the hippies?

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Re:Was Modern Art a CIA Psy-Op? by MichaelZuo on Saturday June 03, 2023 @02:18PM (#36179109)
The former, there's quite well documented pre WW2 historical evidence of writers being shocked at seeing drug abuse first hand.
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