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On this day in history, Jan. 16, 1919, Prohibition is ratified

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01-16-2023, 04:12 PM

(01-16-2023, 04:02 PM)p_rushing Wrote:
(01-16-2023, 03:33 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: I'm sure there's some research out there which explains why a country would deign to ban alcohol consumption completely. Cary Nation, and other prohibitionists, were on a tear at that time influencing public opinion. But why? I think it has to do with the industrial revolution, the elevated standard of living with more free time on the average worker's hands, the migration of the U.S. population from agrarian to urban, and the processes of alcohol manufacture becoming more productive thus making alcohol cheaper and more accessible. Rampant alcoholism and broken families were becoming an issue of prominence never experienced before.

It's certainly an interesting sociological study.
Look at this and where we are now. Look at the number of amendments passed in the last 100 years when it is supposed to be a hard thing to do. Now start seeing the progressive feelings and the shift to where we are now.

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You think a high number of amendments has passed? To me the number is low.  11 amendments in the last 150 years is low. No amendments sent out for ratification in the last 50 years is as low as it gets.
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homebiscuit - by homebiscuit - 01-20-2023, 01:58 PM
RE: homebiscuit - by WingerDinger - 01-20-2023, 02:25 PM
RE: homebiscuit - by mikesez - 01-20-2023, 03:14 PM
RE: On this day in history, Jan. 16, 1919, Prohibition is ratified - by mikesez - 01-16-2023, 04:12 PM



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