Not quite - the subtler point of that is this civilization versus a civilization, which in turn is part of the larger point that civilization is a made thing (and continuously, at that - like Sartre's consciousness) that we have the option of doing differently. That your cultural opinions are opinions, not facts, and that most of "consensus reality" has that kind of relationship with actual reality.
Like when economists talk about the Market like it's some oracular weather system instead of a bunch of things people made and do.
This is also the actual meaning behind the "drop out" of "turn on, tune in, drop out" - not to leave all civilization entirely, but to leave /this/ civilization in order to participate in your own.
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If true, what this says to me is that a ban on psychodelics is justified if you are interested in maintaining civilization.
Not quite - the subtler point of that is this civilization versus a civilization, which in turn is part of the larger point that civilization is a made thing (and continuously, at that - like Sartre's consciousness) that we have the option of doing differently. That your cultural opinions are opinions, not facts, and that most of "consensus reality" has that kind of relationship with actual reality.
Like when economists talk about the Market like it's some oracular weather system instead of a bunch of things people made and do.
This is also the actual meaning behind the "drop out" of "turn on, tune in, drop out" - not to leave all civilization entirely, but to leave /this/ civilization in order to participate in your own.
I think "the status quo" would be a bit more accurate.
Fixed it for you?