Those who add value, have nothing to fear. Anyone below average or anyone insecure about her value, wants socialism and unions.
The society-first groupthink belongs in the XX century with its mass conveyor belts and replaceable workers.
If anyone wants to survive today and tomorrow, they need to increase their individual value as set not by a government body, but by the market, aka flesh-and-blood people.
USSR et al have never needed drugs other than alcohol, which is still abused today in incredible volumes - please look for numbers yourself. Still, plenty of poppy crops were destroyed after 1985. Hemp was and still is popular in the southern parts of the Soviet bloc.
Title* suggests the system of education should change to make itself useful for people with twice the abilities. To help them advance, rather than feel useless.
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* did not read the article
Their beauty is not only in their read-only nature, but also in the fact that their number and content can be controlled.
Losing control of the narrative means the end of the narrative.
In our case, the concept of centralized power is dying, because the tales that justify it are dying in unwatched TV programs and unread newspapers.
Unfortunately, their dying will take some time.
Fortunately, any measure taken to save a dying narrative hasten its end.