Present Day Prohibition
5th October 2011
The documentary notes, “[P]rohibition turned law-abiding citizens into criminals, and criminals into kings,” “It made a mockery of the justice system, caused illicit drinking to seem glamorous and fun, encouraged neighborhood gangs to become national crime syndicates, permitted government officials to bend and sometimes even break the law…” Unfortunately that is still the case today. The regulatory scheme enacted to “safely reintroduce” alcohol into society following Prohibition’s repeal has grown into a labyrinth of state-based rules, resulting in a number of negative consequences — many similar to those of Prohibition.
Many readers may balk at that, and ask “Sure, we’ve got some blue laws here and there, but how bad could it be?” Examining the regulations on the sale of just one type of alcoholic beverage, beer, makes it clear that significant remnants of Prohibition and even the temperance movement are still with us today —strangling small businesses, protecting cartels and making criminals out of honest citizens.
October 5th, 2011 at 20:42
Need I mention the War on Drugs? There’s a boondoggle which has wasted trillions of dollars without any seeming effect beyond turning Mexican and Colombian thugs and murderers into billonaires.
October 6th, 2011 at 03:45
Absolutely. That’s why I posted the article. What’s your point?
October 6th, 2011 at 09:50
*shrug* Who knows why you posted the article? It isn’t as if you added some personal comments to indicate your thinking.
For all I know you just have a thing about alcohol and/or the 20’s-30’s…
Anyway, glad you feel that way.
October 6th, 2011 at 11:13
Oh, I doubt that you care that much.