My old friend is the exact same and even admittedly so. He was vaxxed and holed up in his house. I bring up Aldous Huxley because he read Brave New World and his rationale is "Yeah they want to make us comfortable."
Interestingly, before I was knowledgeable about how the deep state was behind the push for drug legalization and the popularization of shrooms (Terrance McKenna was intel/MK-Ultra, I found out), I tried shrooms. So I told this same friend about it and he said "Be careful, shrooms change you. I was never same after my trip."
Interesting. I've never heard that angle before. I've mostly delved into how the Bible was constructed, by what people and for what political purpose. I found the heavy use of astrological references fascinating.
Judaism + Paganism + Hellenistic philosophy = Christianity.
Any good resources that dive into Jesus being a Jew psyop? I watched Ceasar's Messiah that claimed it was Roman psyop to pacify the militaristic Jews. However, the creator, Joseph Atwill is a Jesuit, from a Jesuit Academy in Japan, and there's evidence he's from the intel community. Otherwise, it was an interesting documentary.
The deep state works in phases. The deep state needed a strong healthy working class to bring about the industrial age and into the age of information, tech and AI. Now they don't need us anymore. Now it's time for Aldous Huxley's "Soma". Now it's time to drug us numb and complacent. That's why drugs are being legalized. It has nothing to do with any grassroots. It's all manufactured.
The hippie movement was manufactured by the deep state. Look into Laurel Canyon https://centerforaninformedamerica.com/laurelcanyon/
The Vietnam anti-war movement was initially organized by well-groomed, Christian, young men and women. That's when the deep state introduced sex, drugs and rock and roll...and the hippie movement. It was to discredit the anti-war movement. Of course everything they do is multifaceted, but there is plenty of material to substantiate all this.