Why? Freedom only truly thrives on the Frontier and sparsely populated areas (like the entire USA once was). And only because the elite can not project power there.
Rule by he corrupt elite is 100% inevitable once society becomes densely populated and structured. The same has always been true for East, West, North and South.
You didn't insult anything. I just don't think there is any logic to the “cannabis civilization” theory that only you seem to see and post repeatedly. By all means, please explain and prove me wrong. All you are saying is “those people are weird” which is subjective and not logic. Heck, individuals from the same family can seem “weird” to each other. All it means is that people are different.
Also remember that it is the elite that control the direction and put a uniform face on a people. When you are judging any people as a whole, you are really only judging their elite. The individuality and differences of each nation's elite have far more influence on a society than the 5-10% of serfs that are regularly intoxicated.
Rather than get into an endless discussion on the merits of Western Civilization compared to your Arab, parts of China and India, preference, I will accept that you would want to explain their superiority over Western Civ, many Cannabis defenders believe the same, in fact it is kind a trait the majority of the Cannabis crowd share, and that has been promoted since the 60s.
I don’t share that view, nor are they equal.