Thread by @sillymickel

“Chapter 5,” titled “WWII Generation, Alcohol & Tobacco:”

““I Need a Drink”…Booze & Tobacco Are Perfect Drugs for a Generation Rooted in Denial & Recklessness”

Quotes/Highlights THREAD

fr *Culture War Class War 2022*

by Adzema

(pub 9/22)

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CW22Q 5/1

[*Quotes/highlights:*] “Alcohol numbs pain & creates a euphoric state by blotting out higher-order cerebral-cortical functioning. It reduces access to memory, diminishes physio-motor skills, blocks anxiety, depression, & nervousness.”[]

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CW22Q 5/2

[] “These effects alone make [alcohol] the perfect drug to create & sustain a defensive style centered on denial…” []

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CW22Q 5/3

[] “There have historically been entire generations (see below) as well as individuals during any period who have kept themselves ‘under the influence’ pretty much all the time, sometimes considering it to be the natural state.” []

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CW22Q 5/4

[] “…how a cigarette is the perfect breast substitute. Not only does it engage the oral sensory gestalt, but the breathing in of a warm & full air simulates the taking in of warm mother’s milk.” []

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CW22Q 5/5

[] “Smoking tobacco re-creates for the smoker both the desired warm relaxation—which the neonate or infant would have experienced if he or she would have been tenderly held & breastfed—” []

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CW22Q 5/6

[] “— [Smoking tobacco re-creates for the smoker both the desired warm relaxation] as well as the depression/sadness that actually was experienced in infancy because the need to nurse was not satisfied.” []

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CW22Q 5/7

[] “…the physical & psychological effects of sucking in a ‘smoke’ are those of (psychologically) sucking back, or inside, one’s feelings & anger…” []

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CW22Q 5/8

[] “…the true version of the events that led to such genocide would never be related in history books. & who would ever want to believe that the formative events of great nations...or the calamitous, genocidal events of other nations...” []

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CW22Q 5/9

[] “…[who would ever want to believe that the formative events of great nation ] could be instigated by a rash action from a small group of idiotic old men in a full-on state of intoxication?” []

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CW22Q 5/10

[] “Pointing out the normality & ritualizing of alcohol use in this era is important bc it is an indication of the pervasiveness, at any time of day, of the state of consciousness—i.e., intoxication—that this potent drug produces.” []

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CW22Q 5/11

[] “Yet in that era [WWII], normal cultural, business, & social intercourse was often conducted in such an intoxicated state. Heady decisions concerning war, peace, & everything else were influenced by this culturally accepted drug use.” []

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CW22Q 5/12

[] “World War Two, therefore, was conducted & fought by a generation who grew up to believe that alcohol & cigarettes (nicotine) were an acceptable answer to unpleasantness—whether inside or outside of themselves.” []

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CW22Q 5/13

[] “Alongside this & supporting it were an attitude & beliefs that negative—that is, unpleasant—emotions & feelings were harmful & should be kept out of consciousness.” []

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CW22Q 5/14

[] “Thus, denial was the predominant defense in use by the World War Two Generation.” []

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CW22Q 5/15

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