Hello all, my first post - in fact, this is my first forum post ever! Anyway, I've had a little meandering train of thought which I've been following for a while, and I'd like to share it, and I would desperately like your opinions, because as we all know, stoners know best So, in human history, or at least in the west, we go through numerous 'intellectual movements' or 'social movements' every couple of decades or so, usually a reaction against prevailing political or social norms, which were themselves usually brought about by a social change. For example, romanticism in the 19th century, a reaction to the industrial revolution; surrealism in the early 20th century, a reaction to the bourgeois, aristocratic values that survived the 19th century; existentialism, a reaction to general objectivity and various systems that prevailed in philosophy; and the civil rights movement in the 60s, a reaction to racism and inequality that had dominated for the past few hundred years. Now, in the modern age, we are passing though the information movement, and the values of the West - those of materialism, capitalism, etc, threaten to consume the world - literally. But once more, there is change in the air. Those of us who were born in the 90s have been brought up by the internet, and the huge corporations that surround us are ancient, compared to us at least, and this is the social background we are reacting too - there is change in the air! At least, there seems to be change in the air. The youngest musicians, artists and philosophers I know are representative of a new movement, one which I hope will react to all materialism, to consumerism, to the usual 9-5, working for money, you all know what I mean. What I put to you is this - are people alone enough, artistically, musically, philosophically, enough to push this movement forwards? We are tiny, compared at least to the profit-making companies which would stand in our way. Do we require a bigger vehicle to push progression? Such as a 'developing country' - one who's culture has not been shaped to the whimsy of capitalism. And surely, weed has its part to play in all of this - indeed, the legalisation of weed seems to be one of those reactions, one of those social movements, of which I spake! ANY INPUT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. I'm not entirely sure if this is in the right place, but oh well! This is a lovely community and I'm happy to be a part of it Seratonin