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Originally Posted by jamesqf
The ease of manufacture and difficulty of regulation are positives. See for instance the US insane Prohibition experiment.
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What's even worse:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion
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The Whiskey Rebellion demonstrated that the new national government had the will and ability to suppress violent resistance to its laws, though the whiskey excise remained difficult to collect. The events contributed to the formation of political parties in the United States, a process already underway. The whiskey tax was repealed in the early 1800s during the Jefferson administration.
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That 'every man a king' stuff only lasted a few years. We've been running on fumes ever since and it's getting a little thin. Collapsing people's moral compass onto a one-dimensional political spectrum.