Edit: Quote not real π
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this report actually just now came in:
I got this from Reddit (I know, sorry)
"u/reinschlau β’ 1y ago It's a joke. But out of curiosity I ctrl+f'ed through the collected works, and the only mention of cocaine was in a letter from Engels to Ludwig Kugelmann (volume 48), in 1889 (after Marx's death, when Engels would have been editing Capital vol 3 and whatever else Marx left behind):
Dear Kugelmann, A Happy New Year to you. Thank you for the prescription for my eyes, which, however, is not nearly concentrated enough for me. Last year and up till August I used cocaine and, as this grew less effective (on account of habituation), went on to ZnCl 2 , which works very well.
But there are also relevant discussions of alcohol and opium in The Condition of the Working-Class in England and elsewhere."
It seems to cover most of it. You probably have to read the relevant parts on alcohol and opium to get the full picture but it is mostly a joke.
PS the uses of cocaine as a medication in olden days is pretty fun some times. I once saw an ad for cocaine as a "nasal anesthetic". I bet that flew off the shelves. Seriously though, it was probably fairly expensive and diluted.
Itβs still used as a nasal anesthetic today
In my head he said this so it's okay I think
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Probably should add that the quote is fake, but it's funny nonetheless
He literally didnβt say that.
Wish he would though
I read The Communist Manifesto when I was a teenager, but I donβt remember anything about free cocaine.
Does weed count? Helps me get a lot of shit done!
Yes actually. I loves me some weed too, but society has no right to put you under this pressure.
Bored people discover and create all sorts of useful stuff. Your thoughts are worth having! Yes even those thoughts. You deserve to be happy as the person you were born to be. β€οΈ
That's what I use when I don't want anything done.
Yeah we're all wired up differently! I've noticed that weed has the "opposite effect" on me to most other people, including many ADHDers I know. For me, as long as I'm not already exhausted for the day, its my number one productivity aid - which is convenient and also pretty annoying since it's not always possible to have weed!
I think it helps me because it brings me back into my body and out of spiraling thoughts which make it harder to get things done - I'm a lot more focused. It makes me better at almost everything.
It works so reliably, for so many years, I don't even question it any more. Still, its very helpful and yet annoyingly so. It's not legal where I live.
I'd take legal cocaine to be able to achieve my goals... :<
Best I can do is strong coffee.
I did cocaine once, in college/ uni. Pretty sure that my GF at the time was super disappointed. She expected even more sex than usual, I got nicknamed "Tiger" by my dorm mates after she showed up. Instead I promptly passed out and stayed comatose for about 16 hours. NEVER AGAIN. Apparently cocaine and my version of ADD just don't mix.
I'd settle with mostly unadulterated cocaine regardless of legality at this point.
What did he have to say about free beer?