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.
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.