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re: what was capitalisms role in the suppression of this superior product?
Posted on 2/5/21 at 2:34 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 2/5/21 at 2:34 pm to Ace Midnight
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Setting aside the arguability of this statement, the answer (not the one you are looking for) is CORRUPTION and efforts at population control.
Americans have always scared somewhat easily (despite our notions about "toughness" of prior generations), and government officials (not "Capitalists") used a whole range of scare tactics to gin up support for a broad range of prohibition measures from the 20s (during the alcohol prohibition era) through the late 30s (peak of The New Deal(tm)).
Trying to pin this on "capitalism" is very akin to trying to pin prohibition of prostitution on "capitalism" - nonsense. It is government elites who push such policies, enact them, enforce them, sustain them and, ultimately, benefit from them.
"Capitalism" would gladly sell a valid product in a competitive marketplace.
do you even know a main reason alcohol was prohibited for a short time? oil
it was a way to centralize energy production because alcohol was a cheap, decentralized way to produce fuel. the money behind prohibition trace to the oil-garchs.
your analogy was laughably retarded. there is no comparison to a product with hundreds of great uses and zero negative effects to a women selling herself on a street corner and societies decision to outlaw that in the public domain.
you are coping by trying really hard to find an answer that doesn't incriminate your favorite ism.
those in control of industries through collusion and government ownership didn't want anything to disrupt the trajectory of their power and control. Period.
Posted on 2/5/21 at 2:37 pm to Hidden Tiger
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do you even know a main reason alcohol was prohibited for a short time? oil
You're barking mad. The suffragettes had their dander up - the suffragettes WERE the prohibitionists. Period. Full stop.
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there is no comparison to a product with hundreds of great uses and zero negative effects to a women selling herself on a street corner and societies decision to outlaw that in the public domain.
Well, capitalists tend to prefer a market with products to buy or sell. Central planning folks (i.e. not capitalists) tend to want to restrict and vector folks into single/no choice options.
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by trying really hard to find an answer that doesn't incriminate your favorite ism.
What was the Soviet Union policy on the wonderful, marvelous herb? Or Red China's (at least until very recently)?
I'll hang up and listen.
(ETA: Your Yoga Girl/Retaeh/Heather persona was more friendly.)
This post was edited on 2/5/21 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 2/5/21 at 2:39 pm to Hidden Tiger
not to mention the William Randolph Hearst angle, in which he owned the timber to paper mills that were used for his newspapers.
huge campaign by him to make hemp illegal as to not cut into his profits
huge campaign by him to make hemp illegal as to not cut into his profits
Posted on 2/5/21 at 2:57 pm to Hidden Tiger
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it was a way to centralize energy production because alcohol was a cheap, decentralized way to produce fuel.
Yeah. That's why biomass fuel for cars is soooo cheap compared to gasoline.
Posted on 2/5/21 at 3:30 pm to Hidden Tiger
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do you even know a main reason alcohol was prohibited for a short time? oil
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