14 May 2023 5:58 am
DeezerShoove » 13 May 2023, 10:03 pm » wrote: ↑ Yup. I know lots about many things.
The misguided temperance movement was a chief motivator.
What misguided movement is our chief motivator now?
There must be something similar since you equate those times with ours constantly.
Besides a resulting criminal element that you whine about, what else is the "same thing"?
"Alcohol provides the classic example. Alcohol has been, by far, the most abused substance in the US throughout its history. But the enactment of Prohibition in 1920 not only made abuse worse (for a number of reasons), but created a crime wave, and essentially created the Cosa Nostra. Making a product illegal turns both users and suppliers into criminals, and only makes bluenoses and busybodies happy....
Just as Prohibition of the ’20s turned the Mafia from a small underground group of thugs into big business, the War on Drugs has done precisely the same thing for drug dealers. And is, by far, the major cause of corruption in law enforcement. It’s completely insane and totally counterproductive..."
...but you authoriTARDian prohibitionist bluenoses and busybodies want to 'drug war harder'....
#mindyourbusinesspeckerhead