They said it was for the children. For the families. For the soul of America.
But Prohibition wasn’t a war on alcohol—it was a war on the people.
It wasn’t about virtue. It wasn’t about safety.
It was never about saving anyone.
It was about power. About profit. And about punishing the very people it claimed to protect.
Just released my first Special Edition eBook:
Prohibition and the Profit Motive – How the U.S. Sold Control as Virtue
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This is a radical 9-page microhistory that exposes:
- How Prohibition was used to criminalize poverty, independence, and rebellion
- How women’s pain was exploited to justify surveillance
- How the government knowingly poisoned its own people—and got away with it
- And how all of it echoes in today’s drug war, overdose crisis, and profiteering off pain
Included in the Special Edition:
- Letter from the Author
- Full design and printable formatting
- A haunting “Then vs Now” historical photo spread
- Extended commentary not included in the free version
Free version here (education should be accessible): Prohibition and the Profit Motive: How the US Sold Control as Virtue Standard PDF
Special Edition ($5+, supports the work): Prohibition and the Profit Motive – eBook Special Edition
This was written, researched, designed, and formatted by one person—no team, no budget, just rage, tabs, and truth. If you believe in history that hits back, this is for you.
—The Mad Philosopher
_Subject Index:
Origins of the Temperance Movement, Feminist advocacy and state betrayal, Racialized and class-based enforcement of Prohibition, Government-sanctioned poisoning, Surveillance and control policies, Economic exploitation of addiction, The War on Drugs as a legacy system, Pharmaceutical profiteering and opioid crisis, The commodification of pain, Resistance, rebellion, and reclaiming history_
You would choose your home from those available to you. What is available to you would be decided by a system attempting to balance the diverse range of requirements and preferences of the society that you are in.
You may notice that this generic answer describes both a hypothetical state-owned housing system and the private housing market that you are probably all ready in. The only difference is how and for whom that system works. In the hypothetical socialist society the allocation might be decided by a bureaucrat or it might be voted on or maybe some other way, who can say it is a hypothetical society after all.
The home you are in now though you chose based on your preferences but also what you could afford. Who decided what housing to build and how it should be priced? Who decided how much you should be paid? Who and importantly for whom decided what the laws regarding housing would be? You chose your home but you did not choose the conditions in which you chose it. These are the means by which a capitalist chose your home for you.