• jayWL@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    actually, no, not a complete disaster. During american prohibition, domestic abuse all but disappeared, same went for a big part of self-harm due to alcohol abuse. It’s normal to paint the prohibition as some complete mistake, but it has positive sides too.

    And I say that as an enjoyer of alcohol and other fun stuff, disagreeing with banning it again

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      7 months ago

      I’d be really interested to know the source of whatever stats say that. I mean, it’s not like people actually stopped drinking, so why would domestic abuse “disappear”? That also totally implies that domestic abuse almost entirely happens because of alcohol.

      With how much political/financial influence/bribery was behind prohibition, I’d totally bet statistics are skewed in favor of prohibition.