So important to consider that there might be other values besides personal liberty that could guide us, essentially social beings. Liberty may be an easy default, since it is so difficult to achieve mutually beneficial community. Unfortunately, I think that the motivation of at least some Prohibitionists was to preserve (white) civil society against the onslaught of those immigrants from Ireland and Italy, who brought with them their cultures of whisky and wine. Following another thread here, I recall a stat that the top 20% of drinkers (those consuming more than 2 drinks a day) account for 80% of alcohol consumed (and the 10% of drinkers who have 4 or more drinks a day account for 50%) . Thus, most of the profits from the liquor business are extracted from problem drinkers, and the incentive for marketing and advertising is to create as much addiction as possible. Look for the money.
Thank you! Agreed. Somehow I didn't realize that the 18th amendment didn't have ban alcohol consumption. That whole thing is a red herring. It was all 'traffic.'
Raising an O'Doul's high to the case for prohibition
Haha!
So important to consider that there might be other values besides personal liberty that could guide us, essentially social beings. Liberty may be an easy default, since it is so difficult to achieve mutually beneficial community. Unfortunately, I think that the motivation of at least some Prohibitionists was to preserve (white) civil society against the onslaught of those immigrants from Ireland and Italy, who brought with them their cultures of whisky and wine. Following another thread here, I recall a stat that the top 20% of drinkers (those consuming more than 2 drinks a day) account for 80% of alcohol consumed (and the 10% of drinkers who have 4 or more drinks a day account for 50%) . Thus, most of the profits from the liquor business are extracted from problem drinkers, and the incentive for marketing and advertising is to create as much addiction as possible. Look for the money.
Thank you! Agreed. Somehow I didn't realize that the 18th amendment didn't have ban alcohol consumption. That whole thing is a red herring. It was all 'traffic.'