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The Obama administration softened its antipot rhetoric, and then–attorney general Eric Holder issued the Cole memo, indicating that the Feds would not be storming the Rockies to stop legalization from going forward.
Hegel is probably best known today for his teleological belief that human history tends toward progress and is guided rationally by *Geist*, or “spirit,” a quasi-supernatural force for good. He taught that this progress is slowly achieved through the operation of the “dialectic.” According to this concept, a grand conversation occurs in three parts—thesis, antithesis, and synthesis—in which one side presents an argument (thesis), another side gives an opposing viewpoint (antithesis), and all of this results in a resolution (synthesis) that involves more nuanced understanding of the issues. This rational reconciliation of differences thus leads to advances—in other words, progress.
The Ultimate German Philosophy for a Happier Life
Arthur C. Brooks
One article, “Marihuana: Assassin of Youth,” published in Hearst’s countrywide chain of newspapers, famously claimed that “the weed from the devil’s garden” caused white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, and caused whites and black to dance cheek to cheek. He wangled money from alcohol and pharmaceutical companies to make antipot films. Reefer Madness is a cult classic today, but it succeeded then in swaying the vulnerable masses that marijuana was a portal to lewd behavior. One puff brought on irreversible insanity.
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