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My opinion has been that Brave New World was much more on point than 1984, yet for some reason 1984 got all the press and is the default example of dystopia.

After the election results of yesterday, I am beginning to think that Lord of the Flies is a more appropriate analogy to today. Just think of it – my state just legalized a psychoactive drug. I’m trying to live peacefully in my little part of the island, and the other kids are running around crazily and messing everything up. When are the adults going to show up and restore order?

Okay, maybe it’s not that bad. But it certainly isn’t good. I’m not going to rehash (haha) all the arguments around the legalization debate here. It’s bad enough that the vape store opened up a block away from our middle school, now my parenting trek is even more uphill with the passage of this proposal.

I’m hoping that it doesn’t take as long for society to recognize the problems of smoking cannabis as it did to recognize the problems of smoking tobacco. Tobacco was popular for quite some time before people came to their senses and got a number of restrictions enacted. Related side note: my kids will never experience the standard procedure that I grew up with to ask for a non-smoking table when walking into a restaurant. Back in my day…

Anyway, that’s enough rambling for now. If the mobs start acting up, just spray some more soma at them.