Andres Laszlo Jr. has long harboured two main preoccupations: “Illegalization of narcotic drugs causes a lot of bad things and very few good” and “Money is becoming the measure of what it shouldn't become the measure of.” Yet, he has always felt that there were individuals better suited than he to mount their soapboxes to deplore and explain this bad stuff - “dysfunctionalities,” as he thinks of them - and not until the early 2010s did he realise that: The fact that money is becoming the measure of what it ought not to be allowed to become the measure of could well be one important reason why drug illegality is not repealed. VIDEO
It was only then—when he realised that his two pet grievances might somehow be perceived as riding in tandem—that he began to believe he understood part of the reason why dysfunctional social discourses were allowed to survive, thrive, and dominate us; it was only then that he felt he had something important to contribute; it was only then that he resolved to put pen to paper, and it was only then that he decided to embark on his series: Dysfunctional Discourses (starting with a book on the only dysfunctional discourse he feels he knows enough about to say something worthwhile: The Drug Problem). Unfortunately, many unfortunate things transpired in Laszlo's life, and it is only now—or rather, late 2018—that Dysfunctional Discourses again seem to be a priority.
I STARTED TO THINK "MAYBE 'MONEYFICATION' IS ONLY ONE OF MANY 'underlying/hidden DYSFUNCTIONALITIES,' CAUSING 'OBVIOUS/MANIFESTED DYSFUNCTIONALITIES' SUCH AS 'DRUG ILLEGALITY,'
And sure enough, as Junior began to contemplate it, all sorts of dysfunctions—both hidden and manifest—started to reveal themselves. While the first part of Dysfunctional Discourses addresses a particularly obvious dysfunction (believe me; it is, and when you have read my book, you will agree)—drug illegality—the second part will be more abstract and will focus on the underlying causes of Dysfunctional Discourses in general.
This project has been put on the back burner as I began to develop The Laszlo & Laszlo Project. However, I hope that it will start gaining momentum in the autumn of 2018, as from that point on I shall have more time to devote to "fun stuff."