Ancestors

Written by J. "Henry" Waugh on 2024-10-28 at 23:33

[#]OTD 105 yrs ago, The Volstead Act became US law

After the first modern national campaign in US history amended the constitution to restrict "intoxicating liquors," this law, drafted by Prohibition Crusader Wayne Wheeler, implemented an extreme and unpopular interpretation

It created unfunded mandates, organized crime, mass social hypocrisy, the word "Scofflaw," and ~20 yrs later, the amendment's repeal

And it taught a generation that morality cannot be legislated

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volstead_Act

=> More informations about this toot | More toots from jhwgh1968@chaos.social

Toot

Written by J. "Henry" Waugh on 2024-10-28 at 23:42

IDK why I thought of this lesson about not being able to legislate morality in the biggest and most serious national experiment to date, it just sort of came to mind somehow

I wonder what those red states are up to these days... 🤔

=> More informations about this toot | More toots from jhwgh1968@chaos.social

Descendants