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Robert Anton Wilson

You know, I have found a new way to get high and stay spaced out for hours on end, and the government can't stop me... It's called senility.

Robert Anton Wilson

Government

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The author is humorously saying that growing old and becoming forgetful feels like a natural way to escape reality without interference from authorities. He suggests that senility offers a kind of mental detachment or "high" that the government cannot control or prevent.

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