Well yeah, but the times of Prohibition is when it kicked into overdrive in American culture, as the banning of it created a whole new culture of being cool, edgy, and generally just marketing it to the high heavens.
Honestly, the level of response to Prohibition did more to convince me of its point than any of the arguments against it. The execution was horrendously retarded, but the sheer depths people went to in response proved there certainly was a problem.
The rampant alcoholism that garnered sympathy for the 18th Amendment was the result of brutal urban living/working conditions brought about by rapid industrialization. People still down on the farm drank their plum wine and corn squeezin's as always with no ill social effects. Quite the contrary.
What would have happened without Prohibition? In the short-term, continued widespread urban wife-beating/drinking away the week's pay. In the long-term, probably a lower level of public drunkenness as workers' conditions improved.
Well yeah, but the times of Prohibition is when it kicked into overdrive in American culture, as the banning of it created a whole new culture of being cool, edgy, and generally just marketing it to the high heavens.
Honestly, the level of response to Prohibition did more to convince me of its point than any of the arguments against it. The execution was horrendously retarded, but the sheer depths people went to in response proved there certainly was a problem.
The rampant alcoholism that garnered sympathy for the 18th Amendment was the result of brutal urban living/working conditions brought about by rapid industrialization. People still down on the farm drank their plum wine and corn squeezin's as always with no ill social effects. Quite the contrary.
What would have happened without Prohibition? In the short-term, continued widespread urban wife-beating/drinking away the week's pay. In the long-term, probably a lower level of public drunkenness as workers' conditions improved.