We are the priests of the Temple of Syrinx
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you've dusted off another classic!
Rush, 2112 lyric analysis about legalization. The tyranny of the needs of the average
Ayn Rand portrays collectivism as requiring the greatest people to put themselves down and literally live not for themselves, but for *the average* and downtrodden people. "Just think about the average -- what use have *they* for you?" -- what use do ordinary plain dull masses have, for the ultimate insights and ecstatic terrors of high experiencing? The sacred hidden knowledge revealed in the rites of Eleusis, and so also available by drinking "the milk of paradise" "from the cask of '43" (Rush), is of no *use*, no utility, for the mass of society -- in fact, it dangerously destabilizes society and "must therefore" be repressed, denied, as the temple Father grounds that precious instrument of transcendent knowledge into splinters beneath his feet, in the name of protecting the contented life of the average.
Rush has an album-side against the spirit of your argument. Compare these and listen again:
A drug user online wrote "Hard drugs such as speed, XTC, PCP, heroin, coke, etc. truly are for the experimental individual. However these drugs DO ruin a vast amount of lives. As such, and as they don't seem to have any medical benefit, I personally think they don't have a responsible place in our society."
Beware of what you are thinking! Your words are the same as the evil priests in 2112. Neil Peart, lyricist of Rush, wrote the following, as the famous words of the small-minded, evil cultural authorities:
... "The massive grey walls of the Temples rise from the heart of every Federation city. I have always been awed by them, to think that every single facet of every life is regulated and directed from within! Our books, our music, our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent wisdom of the priests..."
Rush, 2112 lyric analysis about legalization. The tyranny of the needs of the average
Ayn Rand portrays collectivism as requiring the greatest people to put themselves down and literally live not for themselves, but for *the average* and downtrodden people. "Just think about the average -- what use have *they* for you?" -- what use do ordinary plain dull masses have, for the ultimate insights and ecstatic terrors of high experiencing? The sacred hidden knowledge revealed in the rites of Eleusis, and so also available by drinking "the milk of paradise" "from the cask of '43" (Rush), is of no *use*, no utility, for the mass of society -- in fact, it dangerously destabilizes society and "must therefore" be repressed, denied, as the temple Father grounds that precious instrument of transcendent knowledge into splinters beneath his feet, in the name of protecting the contented life of the average.
Rush has an album-side against the spirit of your argument. Compare these and listen again:
A drug user online wrote "Hard drugs such as speed, XTC, PCP, heroin, coke, etc. truly are for the experimental individual. However these drugs DO ruin a vast amount of lives. As such, and as they don't seem to have any medical benefit, I personally think they don't have a responsible place in our society."
Beware of what you are thinking! Your words are the same as the evil priests in 2112. Neil Peart, lyricist of Rush, wrote the following, as the famous words of the small-minded, evil cultural authorities:
... "The massive grey walls of the Temples rise from the heart of every Federation city. I have always been awed by them, to think that every single facet of every life is regulated and directed from within! Our books, our music, our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent wisdom of the priests..."
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From the same site: http://www.egodeath.com/rushacid.htm At the bottom, the author proposes intervention for Rush's declining impact...in the form of LSD. 
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