What is Acid Communism? In this video, we discuss the relationship between the 1960’s Counterculture, hippies, psychedelia, and past & present socialist movements. We will analyze the problems and lost potentials of these movements through the lens of the late Mark Fisher’s concepts of “Acid Communism” , Capitalist Realism, Lost Futures, Hauntology, and Post-Work. We will interpret the potential uses of psychedelic culture and its implications on consciousness.  We also critique problems with rational and strictly material appeals in the contemporary left and discuss how the left should regard spirituality and higher desires for things like meaning, freedom, and free time.