The Legalise Cannabis Australia candidate in Queensland may end up beating Pauline Hanson, so she will lose her seat. At the time of writing we do not know, but it is close, real close, and when last I looked Pauline was a few red-hairs ahead. But, reflecting upon this, what would past generations, even back to those who lived through the Great Depression think of this? It is hard to believe that a temperance movement existed to control alcohol consumption. What would these crusading Christian ladies think of the wide-spread dope culture among the youth, and not-so-young, which is fuelling a vote to challenge a nationalist, conservative candidate? If this is not a sign of decline, I will eat a raw potato.
Brett Stevens uses the humble potato to address the same thing, but it world flow better for present day Queensland to use the metaphor of a dope stash. It is all happening out there as Western civilisation, what remains of it, slowly rots, not even having the poetry of a “collapse” anymore.