Watching a very interesting series on Prohabition on PBS.
It made me curious on the parallels of the prohibition on alcohol in the 1920's to the prohibitions on gambling in the 2000's.
Back then, alcohol was consumed whole heartedly. One drinks when it's one o'clock, one drinks when it's 8 o'clock. Presidents drank when the sun came up. Abraham Lincoln sold whiskey. Doctors perscribed alcohol. Americans drank at every meal. Americans drank every day at work. Paychecks were spent. Children suffered. Women found themselves in danger. There were other horrors that I cannot mention. It wasn't only Americans.
Women didn't have the right to own a home, let alone speak on any such thing. The propaganda advised us that drinking caused spontanious combustion among other things.
Susan B Anthony formed a womens sufferage. The temperence movement and anti saloon league was formed. The anti saloon league did not oppose gambling btw.
The Constitution was changed for the first time ever. But that didn't work. Even clergy warned.The criminals became heroes. That compares to online gambing.
Raids began. The wars raged. The taxing began, what a disaster. Alcohol went underground. Again compare to our lawless but legitimate online gambling.
What I found was that passion wins, but industrialism can hold off that passion for years.
There is far to much to the story that I can post here but there is nothing simple about prohabition in any era.
Thanks for reading thus far, I found it interesting.
