History of Prohibition: Why It Failed

People like booze. Now. But there was a time alcohol was a matter of debate and was made illegal. Here is why it failed.
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[@josephjurczak6449]

Any alcoholic chemistry student will tell you that alcohol is a solution

[@puumkuun1110]

Joseph Jurczak I see what you did there

[@daveidpliskin5026]

that was a good one

[@BigTylt]

True, most chemistry students become alcoholics. Who can blame them? *winks*

[@nekad2000]

Uh Umm, ethyl alcohol is a compound, sir.

[@legitgamez4005]

@@nekad2000 r/iamverysmart ???

[@oceaneyessee2473]

“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.” ~ Frank Sinatra

[@MichaelFay63]

He was a Mafia man too!

[@MichaelFay63]

At first, then makes you sick and payback comes with depression. Reality is much much better!

[@ragingposeidongaming6853]

ocean eyessee that's why he's dead now

[@lolazokekk6765]

that's people who beat the bible system

[@arelivalentin9587]

ocean eyessee shut up.

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Prohibitionists: "We've banned alcohol to increase sobriety and to crack down on the crime lords!" Crime Lords: "Thanks! Our sales of illegal alcohol from this year alone have outstripped all previous sales from the past ten years combined! We practically have more guns and influence than the National Guard now!" Prohibitionists: "Wait, that wasn't what was supposed to happen..." Crime Lords: "Ha ha! Life's funny that way! Here, let me buy you a drink."

[@walugusgrudenburg3068]

(Decades later) Let's drive these already banned drugs even further underground by starting a War on Drugs

[@arachnofiend2859]

I fairness to the Prohibitionists, part of the reason the Crime Lords were so successful is because they were supplying alcohol to the local police forces...

[@zaidnava3728]

oustanding illegal move beyond science

[@aben5803]

Me to Prohibitionists: Go fuck yourselves. In the words of Roger Ebert:"Protestants, people who sort of want a religion.

[@DougGlendower]

Crime lords profit because of the basic irresponibility of people.

[@nathanielhellerstein5871]

Some effects of Prohibition: Skid-marks on the Constitution. Giving jazz a big boost. Giving organized crime a big boost. Letting women into bars. Discrediting Prohibition.

[@rokkfel4999]

Wait what’s the problem with jazz and women in bars

[@bikerboy4161]

@@rokkfel4999 the OP wasnt saying it was a problem. Just a byproudct of prohibition. Had prohibition not happened. Jazz might not have gotten as big as it did. And women would have had to wait longer to get into bars.

[@rokkfel4999]

bikerboy4161 ohhh....:well I feel I like a dick

[@bikerboy4161]

@@rokkfel4999 no need to feel that way. You just asked a honest question.

[@tei7533]

omg thank u

[@confidenceclass9348]

"To alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" -Homer Simpson

[@dani.2479]

fax.

[@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701]

more like a permanent cause and temporary solution

[@hmshood9212]

"This drink, I like it. ANOTHER!!!!! -Thor

[@TheFenny]

Underrated comment XD

[@wevon8233]

WENCH!!!

[@johanloubser8138]

I thought it was Thor, but it was you, Dio!

[@pandy4395]

Imagine being stuck in a WWI trench for 5 years, you dodged every bullet, avoided getting trench foot, and came home considered a hero, only to find your favorite bar got shut down. If I were this guy, I'd be Al Capone's bf.

[@TorThryse]

Not many Americans spend 5 years in the trenches. They were a bit late to the party (as usual). ;)

[@poankiyu7664]

@@TorThryse No Americans spent 5 years in the trenches. Nobody spent 5 years in the trenches. WW1 only lasted 4 years.

[@glennso47]

Same thing for young soldiers who came back from war only to find out they were too young to drink.

[@glennso47]

@@poankiyu7664 What about world war 2 and Vietnam?

[@glennso47]

@@poankiyu7664 And America wasn’t in world war 1 the whole time.

[@birdplanelane7274]

almost sounds like the war on drugs

[@samobispo1527]

Or the war on guns.

[@justsomecommentchannel8602]

@@samobispo1527 there's a war on guns ?

[@Blunt_Man]

@Jeremy Backman If you had the same experience I did, you noticed that you could get cocaine or heroin or whatever at any age with an unknown purity and unknown additives. In relation to opiates/opioids, the only real danger is the fact that they're cut with dangerous drugs or additives and the purity is unknown. It's been shown someone can inject heroin for decades without any damage to the mind or body if it's pure diamorphine aka heroin. The only risk would come from the potential of improper syringe use. Not saying it's the perfect solution, unfortunately I don't see a perfect solution existing but all we have to go on is information from places like Portugal that have decriminalized all drugs or other European countries that decriminalized all drugs or give out pharmaceutical grade heroin to addicts to inject. They've managed to drastically reduce overdose rates, the spread of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis c, use amongst minors, theft and other property crimes and reduce addiction rates in general. That information tells me that the only solution is to stop treating it as a criminal issue. Unfortunately I have yet to see laws do anything except make drugs more dangerous, if they made hard drugs almost impossible or impossible to access, I'd be on board but that's just not the case. Anybody with $10 can get a little bag of dope, crack or meth if they know where to look. Hell, there's open air drug markets all over the country, especially on the east coast! Where there's a demand, someone will always risk everything to supply it, problem is they don't care about the user and only care about the money...

[@Blunt_Man]

@Jeremy Backman Well in my experience from over 10 years ago, my first time being offered heroin was at the age of 15 and the town was nowhere near what someone could call a big city.

[@anemu3819]

@@justsomecommentchannel8602 California thinks so

[@patrickkelly3486]

The prohibition failed because you are not going to stop an Irishman, an Italian, or a German from drinking.

[@Hannibal953able]

As an Irishman myself I wholeheartedly agree. But I didn't think the Italians had as strong a drinking culture as the, Irish or Germans.

[@Alexaflohr]

Italy loves its wine. As does France.

[@patrickkelly3486]

True

[@speedy01247]

don't forget the Russian's with their vodka, or the English with whatever the English are famous for beer/wine/(spirit?).

[@patrickkelly3486]

i didn't know that Russians were in the US at that time period so i didn't put them in

[@Unb3arablePain]

And yet, here we are with prohibition again today. Just with drugs.

[@supremesolaire203]

Unbearable Pain That would imply they were legal in the first place, AFAIK they weren't.

[@daniel117100]

So you want crack n' smack to be legal

[@TakedaIesyu]

Supreme Solaire Opium was the first banned drug (1870s-1890s iirc) and it was intended to be anti-Chinese more than anti-drug. Other drugs were slowly banned over the years.

[@chatboss000]

Unbearable Pain Drugs are a hot issue in general- the best solutions are either ban drugs outright, or set up a safe and secure treatment infrastructure which would includes public rehab services. And very few people want to pay for rehab with their taxes T_T Not to mention, many drugs have more damaging effects from repeated use, including painful withdrawal symptoms. It's not like alcohol where you can take an aspirin and recover from a hangover. I'm generally against drug use, while legalizing drugs would be interesting, I wouldn't trust myself or others to just take an addictive substance in moderation all the time.

[@craftworded]

We should prohibit cigarrets and alchol

[@waxee421]

My great grandpa used to make moonshine during prohibition

[@nigerianprince2194]

Mad lad

[@JumpyKaput]

That’s fucking awesome

[@artsybugitch9261]

what an innovator

[@topic260]

Stonks

[@rileyshugart2808]

Mine too @Waxee . Charlie Crabtree was his name. I never got to know em, but he got out of the war, everyone I know that knew him said he was a solid guy, but he made moonshine for a small town in the middle of nowhere. Feds came by and the folks told him, he posted up in the trees and shot one in the head. Was on the fringes of society, so no more came out for him.

[@kaiserwilhelmii9897]

Prohibition in Wisconsin was like a Nightmare that you have to go though for 13 years and not wake up. -A Wisconsinite

[@eldragondeloeste8749]

I have read sources that check what you're saying. It's a university paper called "That 70s Show". The harshness of Wisconsin's authorities is clearly depicted in such paper.

[@aryslav9239]

You mean Norse America? 😳

[@Swervin309]

My father used to tell me stories about how he and his father would cook and run whiskey all over Mississippi, back in the 50s and 60s. It seemed odd to me, because prohibition had ended years before. It wasn't until this video that I learned about Mississippi's prohibition laws lasting until 1966. Thanks, Cody! Keep up the good work!

[@5688gamble]

Now it is all about that portable meth lab- different drugs, same BS! People want drugs of various kinds, it isn't going to change.

[@duncanlutz3698]

Mississippi still has "blue laws" restricting the sale of "Jesus Juice." Most counties have some ordinance or three restricting the sale of alcohol. It's mostly "no Devil's Nectar on the Holy Day!" but there are variations. Carve outs for "resort towns" and differing restrictions for liquor stores/bars/restaurants/gas stations/grocery stores. Stores can sell beer and tobacco together but you can't sell hard liquor and smokes... which means most liquor stores have a "beer and tobacco" store run by the same owners directly next door, but they are technically separate shops. Because that makes sweet baby Jesus less offended somehow? Fucking Baptists. Hell, it was barely 5 years ago my county passed a law letting us buy beer after noon on a Sunday. You know, after you get out of church, or at least should be you godless heathen! Liquor stores must remain closed and hard liquor still can't be sold at all on Sundays... but just being able to buy a beer at the gas station on a Sunday afternoon is a new thing in recent memory for my county of Mississippi. It really is more righteous to buy your liquor on a Saturday night, so that you don't have to drive anywhere to get your booze on Sunday! Just as God intended.

[@lineikatabs]

The government: "Hey, remember how bad alcohol prohibition was? Let's do that again but with other drugs!" Logic level: extra chromosome.

[@craftworded]

The difference is that one is addictive and it almost forces people to use it, the other is not that addictive,many people sell furniture and even sometimes kill people just to get their hands on drugs,thats why drugs cant be liberated,people would just do the same as if it was banned

[@goldenfoxa1810]

+Ivo Temelkov its diffrent people where already drinking alchol while not all people take drugs

[@craftworded]

+golden foxa Thats not the real issue,the issue is the dangers to the people

[@SpektralJo]

nevermind what are you talking about? alcohol non adictive? Ha. also you are generalizing the other drugs

[@craftworded]

+SpektralJo All prohibited drugs are highly addivtive(Besides marjuana that is just slightly addictive,a little more than cigarret),alchol isnt addictive,no one feels like achol is an living condition

[@bigfootitis3727]

No, I haven't been drinking alcohol, I've been drinking GINGER ALLLLEEEE it is.

[@brc9739]

Bigfoot It Is that’s really great it is

[@EEYore-py1bf]

Canada Dry my dude

[@emussirop7411]

Canada, Canada, Canada. Canada Dry is the best ginger ale especially not Seagrams

[@aevangel1]

Root Beer FTW

[@deadmemes21]

Russian beer back then was a soft drink.

[@josephmarsch1951]

Imagine fighting in WWI and coming home needing to drink your memories away.... enter prohibition

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

It's better for your health in the long run though

[@connorschultz380]

@@zaidlacksalastname4905 rampaged crime now having control of selling drinks is better for no man. This video is a testimony of that

[@HtheKing]

Americans didn't fight in WW1, it was the English, commonwealth nations, french, Russians that fought and suffered the most

[@DacLMK]

Just switch to weed or cocaine.

[@yuvalron324]

@@HtheKing they did

[@illuminati4811]

My old neighbor has an illegal bar from that time period

[@Cybernaut551]

Illuminati confirmed! (j.k. :)

[@fu705]

Tell him I said hi

[@aryslav9239]

Speakeasy

[@servicerifle16]

Someone trying to ban something thinking it'll make a problem go away? That sounds familiar....

[@rurushu8094]

This is why we shouldn't ban cigarettes and guns

[@olliegoria]

*_[Hillary Clinton intensifies]_*

[@servicerifle16]

Umm, ok. There are millions Americans that own guns and they don't go out and commit genocide or mass murder for fun.

[@olliegoria]

True Story: Up until 2008, gun ownership was banned in D.C. However, in the case _District of Columbia v. Heller,_ the Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional, as it blatantly violated the 2nd Amendment (which, yes, is still relevant.) If the Supreme Court ruled that outlawing guns was illegal in one city, I'd love to see Clinton outlaw them nationwide and see how that goes. (Still, better Clinton than Trump. At least she has experience.)

[@_-.-_-_.._--.-_-_----_-.--_._-]

+bencatzilla I do not know what universe you call home buddy, but people are not going around committing mass murder for shits and giggles. Vietnam was a war no one wanted and the massacres were a mistake that should not be pinned on all veterans from that time. Go back to your bridge troll.

[@Flamyll]

My Father turned me off alcohol. He was an "out of control Alcoholic" going through multiple packs a week. Put my mother, my siblings and I through Absolute Hell. I''ve also had alot of bad experiences with drunks and Ultimately it's caused me to develop a prejudice. I tend to have less sympathy for co-workers who show up late because they were "out drinking" the night before. How they are constantly complaining how they don't feel good/are tired because of it. I feel like it isn't anyone elses fault and they should just shut up. My brother started drinking when he came of age despite what happened when we were younger and I've never understood why. It honestly feels like a betrayal. I understand that it's something I gotta live with but, I don't think I'll ever fully be able to get over the anger I feel towards it. I don't go around bashing people for Drinking. But it bothers me when I see it/hear about it. 😔

[@jackCollin403]

Ah, finally someone who knows the pain of a torn home from drugs, my dad was a drinker, smoker, I don't even want to know what else he's done, and he was very abusive, my uncle and several of my cousins have died from drug abuse, and I am very aggravated when I see beer ads because I know the pain people go through.

[@technus147]

i dont get why people act like drinking is okay

[@jeffmonk7452]

Drinking is ok its the person moderation@Foolish friend zzz

[@midimusicforever]

Interesting how this anti saloon league and the wheelerism idea seems so familiar to certain trends today.

[@Razor-gx2dq]

Hmmm I wonder what that could be.

[@jerrymartin7019]

@@Razor-gx2dq Is it dakka?

[@renlevy411]

@Julie Fortune Like drug war

[@Cap_Gunnit]

I think you missed a big one- the National Firearms Act of 1934 was passed in response to gang violence related to booze. It had HUGE implications for that unique aspect of American law, history, and culture.

[@darknecropsy]

PLEASE DO THE HISTORY OF ALCOHOL!!!!

[@OrangeT3am]

it would start from the rise of agriculture to today

[@deltafrombnet9393]

"It is for love of beer that early humans settled and built farms." -An Anthropologist(probably)

[@zlinedavid]

That could legitimately be it's own channel. "AlcoHub"......hmmm, not bad. Get on it, Cody!

[@72Worker]

Possibly. But then AlcoHub would begin worrying about Ratings and they would end up as a History Channel knock off.

[@deltafrombnet9393]

ALIENS CAME UP WITH BEER!!! wooo! ooooo! ooooohhh!

[@l.u.i.s._.8452]

US: *bans alcohol* Mexico and Canada: hey bro I’ll slide you a drink

[@cattysplat]

US soldiers: fight in Europe in WW1, unlimited alcohol for winning war and praised as heroes. Comes home to USA: Local bars all shut down, alcohol illegal everywhere, crippling trench warfare PTSD with no coping mechanisms.

[@danielhammeke7289]

In my town there is a big under ground tunnel system that had saloons and housing

[@extrahistory]

Well told!

[@josephstalin6549]

What are you doing here?

[@ascoot2139]

what are you doing here

[@sizor3ds]

what are you doing here?

[@mahobgood30]

Extra Credits history of prohibition: law trying to stop or discourage use of alcohol was passed, riot like drunken mob, law repealed, drink in victory! law trying to ban alcohol, riot, law passes anyway, create underground business, cause violence because of that businesses, law repealed, get hammered in victory!

[@amrelzahed7815]

so that's why this video came up on my recommended feed...

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Fun fact: the prohibition movement was also very strong here in New Zealand. In fact, the primary goal of Kate Shepard and the Women's Christian Temperance Union was to ban alcohol. Though they are now remembered for achieving women's suffrage- making NZ the first country in the world to give women the right to vote, this was actually just a tactic intended to enable Prohibition. In fact a majority of Kiwis voted for Prohibition in 3 separate referenda, but they fell just shy of the 2/3rds majority needed to make it law.

[@WalterTheWalrus]

I thought I told you to pass those flyers out to the Emus

[@jerryberonilla3953]

2:00 that is absolutely terrifying

[@brandonrosales5820]

I thought the exact same thing lol

[@DacStudiosEntertainment]

Five Nights at GeographyHub for reasons that have to do with time, that was a joke

[@ziknik7795]

This actually reminds me of a conversation I had some weeks ago wherein I learned that most of the world does not regulate alcohol with strict classes like America does. For example, spirits are 35% or higher alcohol content, which ends up prohibiting the sale of certain form of alcohol that fall outside these mandated parameters despite the fact that wine is still made with grapes, and vodka with potatoes. It seems likely to me that these draconian and irrelevant regulations are a result of the culture and societal mindset that prohibition left behind.

[@mestre_geralt]

WHAT IF PROHIBITION NEVER HAPPENED?! Please do it! It would be a nice complement to this video.

[@birkburk6331]

YES!

[@patrickneary8446]

It's unfair for Cody to tease us like that!

[@mestre_geralt]

Patrick Neary I agree

[@fristnamelastname5549]

+Patrick Neary What if Alcohol was never made?

[@patrickneary8446]

Shawn Mallon that would be an alternate world without pottery or liquid storage vessels. Seems alcohol has been around as long as carbohydrates have been stored and spoiled in those containers. Yeast spores have been around for longer than humans. I guess some Native American tribes didn't traditionally ferment alcohol, so I would suppose society would be like America before Europeans arrived (hunter/gatherer style).

[@postmachine]

do the "war on drugs" also: great video, as always

[@jantjejansen8810]

he did on the other channel

[@postmachine]

thx gon checking it out

[@christiannewaye7306]

which one?

[@cykaxd1503]

postmachine Noooo that'd be KZbin suicide, it's such a recent and controversial issue even saying something with a . quadrillionth of a fraction of bias will get autistic screeching and mass unsubs. I think it's fucking stupid and it's objectively done nothing but bad and even still a shitload of people believe it's a-ok

[@anameidontknow1134]

He has

[@zettour.]

It was a ban on alcohol. Of course, people got mad. I would riot too if they took my vodka away.

[@theworldoverheavan560]

@viper_ gaming_offical lol

[@austinserby219]

COMRADE

[@alyssa7867]

They couldnt take YOUR vodka. However, you could not acquire more vodka.

[@Jerre_Pelzig]

Cody: alcohol is central to German culture. Me: becomes alcoholic

[@blenterbl]

How’s your liver now?

[@Jerre_Pelzig]

@@blenterbl Outstanding

[@javierescuella731]

Ew I hate warm beer

[@Jerre_Pelzig]

Fluffynator *A N S C H L U S S*

[@lawyermorty1532]

Why does a gangster from the 20's have a stg44?

[@corbinschannel7566]

Cuz fuck they cats

[@edwardnatale974]

Exactly

[@Eshyyyyy]

At least give him a Thompson

[@Persona1996]

Lawyer Morty because he wants

[@IamDogge]

Sturmgewehr?

[@bigchunk1]

Same reason the drug war is failing.

[@UnknownXV]

Yup. And that's why it's so terrible. Not only does it deny people the basic right to put what they want into their own bodies, but it also creates drug lords, which fuel immense crime and violence. If all drugs were at least decriminalized, crime would plummet as the fall of drug gangs would happen almost immediately. There'd be no more justification for high drug costs and thus their entire enterprise would either have to go legitimate, with all the legal protections involved; or dissipate. Very few legal mandates cause more violence than the war on drugs. You'd think the days of Prohibition would have taught us a thing or two, but apparently not. Doomed to repeat our mistakes.

[@ianang2274]

UnknownXV If drugs is legalized and not prohibited crimes will not plummet because drugs destroyed the brain and thus make humans behave more like an animal therefore innocent and law abiding citizen will get rape and killed.

[@UnknownXV]

Ian Ang They already are. If you decriminalize drugs, their use drops. Look at Portugal for evidence. If they aren't illegal, they become cheaper, thus require less crime to fuel that addiction, they're safer in of themselves because of legitimate business selling it; and drug gangs would dissipate, reducing violent crime and homicide by huge margins.

[@ElementalAngelKashi]

i think you are talking long term abuse of substance. everything in moderation. besides if someone is dumb enough to use that much where it could do damage like that they most likely would have died from an overdose. any substance that affects our dopamine production has the risk of causing a person to be over dependent on it, things like alcohol, pain killers even chocolate can be harmful. what needs to be studied it how to spot and treat someone who is more likely to be an addict. i would rather have drugs legalized than have drug like items show up and be used as a substitute with no regulation ie Bath salts.

[@ianang2274]

UnknownXV I respectfully disagree with you sir, legalizing makes it more deadly and will make human life shorter because drugs are made to be addictive and this legalizebdrug business will be easily destroyed, lose of jobs because they don't do it well therfore no job, no money to buy drugs, no drugs equals robbery of the business and finally robbery sometimes result to homicide. I have concluded that if drug is legalize human will be reduce to a mere animals due to the fact that human being is particularly curious and will always taste what is new but legal, drugs is addictive as what I've said, and the addicts will want to taste more and more, destroying whats left of their brain.

[@DNAsGhostzHouze]

Took people 10 years to realize alcohol prohibition was a bad idea. It's been 60 years since weed was made illegal. Shows how stupid society has truly become.

[@Cacowninja]

Along with the other drugs.

[@michealballspen1s93]

At the same time, what really helped it was logging companies and reefer madness

[@reallyriley123]

Forreal alcohol is THE ONLY drug other than benzodiazepines that will kill you from withdrawals

[@gaypenguinhaslimes4190]

Without prohibition, I actually might not exist. My great-Grandfathers family sold moonshine, and some of the consequences of that and the sort of romantic 'forbidden aspect to that is part of what made my great-grandmother fall for him. It also led to him joining the army and later converting to Christianity and becoming a pastor, which definitely greatly improved that part of the family's social status(they we're from a couple different American Indian tribes). Also a story that side of family loved to tell is that they made moonshine so strong it could power cars(albeit it was hard to control and was like 80% certain to explode/catch on fire). So prohibition has always really interested me.

[@herusolares5320]

Is it just me, or does this look eerily similar to America's "War on drugs"?

[@ismaelfreytes1106]

are same

[@sharkfinbite]

It looks more similar to banning guns debate.

[@MikeHawk-s2g]

+sharkfinbite No it doesn't.

[@MikeHawk-s2g]

+sharkfinbite The real question is, are guns illegal? No, and they will probably never be. there are teenagers getting arrested for having marijuana on them and people that are addicted to opiates are treated like animals and get arrested instead of getting the help they need, and we also have drug lords who are getting billions of dollars because the drugs are illegal. We spend billions of dollars on this drug war and nothing has been accomplished. The alcohol prohibition was a lot more similar to the current drug war

[@paranoidprankster4242]

There's no war on guns. Some people think they should be banned outright, but most people calling for gun control want just that--gun CONTROL. They don't want sociopaths, terrorists, and gangsters to be able to get guns on the fly. There are some gun control laws in place, but they still allow for dangerous people to easily access them. There's nobody going to your house, arresting you, and throwing you in prison for having a completely legal gun, but there IS someone doing that if you have a little bit of pot. It's a false equivalency to say that prohibition is more like gun control than the war on drugs.

[@kostathomas8732]

I love how we look back on prohibition as some crazy law that never worked. Meanwhile the exact same thing is happening with weed and other non harmful drugs right now

[@reallyriley123]

Right lol well the government cant control and get most the money if its not illegal tho, thats the only real reason government wants it because its obvious that prohibition does nothing to help the people and in most cases does the opposite

[@jackdempsey6349]

As well as with the bad drugs to.

[@technus147]

doesnt weed stunt brain development?

[@jackdempsey6349]

@@technus147 only with young kids. Plus that is greatly exaggerated by people who want it to stay illegal.

[@alexandraromanescu5576]

@@technus147 Yes But Alcohol too

[@3ittybittypiggiesstorytime547]

Forcing "goodness" always fails.

[@khalilyepez]

nickys34 what’s wrong with drug usage? It’s not particularly immoral, and is the individuals right to consume it if they choose

[@michaelwalsh6276]

@nickys34 still wouldn't work. While it might work better for longer, it'll crash down harder.

[@ToxicBastard]

You cannot force people to be good, only allow them to be free and add incentive.

[@naheleshiriki5496]

@@khalilyepez Note that goodness is in quotation marks. When someone places quotation marks around a singular word within a sentence it's usually meant as sarcasm.

[@mushyroom9569]

Right, which is why rape and domestic violence should be legalized.

[@Fre3domAction]

if we eliminate alcohol the crime will be eliminated too. Al Capone: hold my beer.

[@GetUpGetUpGetUp]

why America all ponlandballized? I miss sunglasses-person America.

[@CollinBuckman]

Even Polandball America should have sunglasses!

[@soapyt272]

So true #usaball

[@cornkopp2985]

Whenever he talks about America he always makes sure to not put the sunglasses on unless he is talking about WWII or later. If you look at his other videos I think you will see a similar trend

[@kenichi-bk6bz]

k

[@sparky108]

Always had a bit of a conflicting view towards the sunglasses. On the one hand, they're unique and make the US look like a terrorist destroying machine, stopping at nothing if it was for a good cause. On the other hand, it makes the US look emotionless and ignorant.

[@tyronewoodard5800]

For Christianity, Jesus' first miracle was makin water into wine, so why are regilipus people complaining about others having alcohol?!?

[@mr.kenway4554]

Jesus did a big whoopsie

[@Nonamer52]

Because having a glass of wine is different then downing 10 bottles of beer

[@SteveIsHavingMC]

yeah but he didnt spend 50% of his paycheck on it like a loser every weekend.

[@kaiservonpanzer213]

The bible doesn't prohibit drinking Alcohol. It prohibits drunkenness. Having 1 or 2 (maybe 3) is fine but after that it's too much.

[@zhess4096]

@@kaiservonpanzer213 Tell that to the Catholic Irishmen, Orthodox Russians, Anglicans, and Lutheran Germans.

[@Pyrus425]

ASL sounds similar to [INSERT POLITICAL GROUP YOU DISAGREE WITH]

[@rogantoad2571]

Antifa

[@gfoog3911]

God damned American Sign Language taking away our booze

[@ToxicBastard]

Loud minority groups all sound alike

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

Aaa sss lll

[@LoraCoggins]

"What are you here for?" "I'm a serial killer. What about you?" "Oh, me? I accidentally stabbed a guy while drunk and now he's part of the Anti-Saloon League." *scoots away*

[@Captain23rdGaming]

Here's a simple Reason why it failed, people like to Drink. If they cant get it the legal way,they will find another way.

[@bcnkng]

Captain23rd Gaming That's exactly what would happen if they tried to outlaw guns

[@derp8575]

@@bcnkng I agree with you. It's a shame prohibition is partisan driven. Generally the left goes after firearms and the right, drugs. Divide and conquer.

[@dustinmurphy7743]

That is the reason the war on drugs failed so miserably too. Apparently, people don't care for a government telling them what they can't put in their bodies, even if its poison.

[@Datníğğa123]

Drinking isn’t even that fun it’s just engrained in the culture their is honestly much safer and better drugs out their

[@genghiskhan5701]

Herpeslip Herpeslip The irony of gun control or rumours of that there is going to be is that people will go buy lots of guns, skyrocketing the sales of gun conpanies.

[@mrpalaces]

Should've narrated the video while being drunk

[@yarpen26]

Cody's never drunk, he's a role model for all of YT

[@Dougy]

I get wet when I see him

[@iafozzac]

What if that's his secret? What if he's always drunk?

[@triratna1397]

His brain won't work then.

[@tot4l_damage376]

Plot twist he is

[@LilianOrchard]

"Why do you think prohibition failed?" It didn't. The public health and safety issue of mass-onset drunkeness has never returned. Alcohol is regulated, in some cases very strictly, to be less of a public health and safety hazard. Alcohol regulation did what regulation is always supposed to do: Reduce a problem by a significant amount. "But people are still drinking" some people might cry. Congratulations on joining us in the real world, where a significant reduction in something is not actually failure. This message brought to you by countries that don't live in constant fear of shootings.

[@MrConstantine02]

"Alcohol regulation did what regulation is always supposed to do: Reduce a problem by a significant amount." -- and, in the process, happened to create an even bigger problem by turning crime gangs into multi-million dollar nationwide syndicates with more military power than the National Guard, essentially giving birth to organized crime as we know it today. I call that an absolute win.

[@BhlackBishop]

You must be a child to think "mass-onset drunkeness" is no longer a thing lol. It was still a thing even during prohibition at speakeasys. what are you on about?

[@Comitis840]

Just like the Alcohol prohibition, prohibition of other drugs also doesnt work.

[@Comitis840]

Yes, and then the state can invest in education about the risks and how to safely use various drugs. Many people get hurt, addicted or even Die because they dont know what theyre doing or when they get sold crap disguised as something else. With state surveillance over the drug trade their would be a 100% genuine product everytime you buy something and you can adjust your safety profile according to this. Drugs dont do harm to people, stupid people do harm to themselves. The substance doesnt matter.

[@jokuvaan5175]

Roter Gutmensch. I think schools should teach more about the harmfulness of addictive substances. I also think selling drugs should be illegal and should get people convicted of it a prison sentense. And what comes to using drugs, I think it shouldn't be legal but should still be decriminalized because in in a lot of cases prison only makes things worse for the drug users. Everyone who gets caught using drugs should be offered free treatment for the addiction.

[@a.morphous66]

Jami Rahkonen I was taught PLENTY about the harmfulness of illegal substances in school. Hell, my sixth-grade health class (an extension of PE) spent an entire month on talking about drugs and addictive substances. It’s just that people think it’s “cool” to rebel and go against their superiors. And the terrible anti-drug posters don’t help.

[@jokuvaan5175]

Bookhead714. Yea. Some "Remember kids, drugs are bad"-posters aren't really effective. But I know what might be. Showing some good traumatizing material from real life. Like when I was in middle school, our class was shown a picture of smoker's lungs that had been removed after the person's death for scientific research and educational purposes. If I ever had thoughts of starting smoking, they were long gone after that. I will always remember the disgusting looking, disfigured, black blobs that used to be someone's lungs. One of my classmates even stopped smoking some later in the same year or a year after that. I think the photo was at least part of the reason.

[@wertainii6809]

Neither does making it legal, but decriminalizing it has shown that the consumption goes down.

[@edgyedgelord1366]

You should do a video on what would happen if South Vietnam never fell from pressure by the Communists and the North.

[@FortuneZer0]

Because after the peace deal the Democrats dropped all support and claiming that the war was lost.

[@LowellMorgan]

FortuneZero also the armed forces claimed the war was lost

[@FortuneZer0]

***** You are thinking of the first indochina war against the french. were on the 14. June 1949 the independent democratic Vietnam was declared.

[@FortuneZer0]

***** You are getting things mixed. The vietnamese were fighting since the end of japanese occupation for independence against the french searching any help they could find (yes, even japanese companys which still havent surrenderd) but as they were turned down by the west they turned to the only ones providing them supplies, the commuists. Ho Chi Minh was not anti american at that point. As the independence was declared, the communists continued the fight on trying to subdue the entirety of the country, just like in China or Korea. The CIA action in '56 was sadly very unfortunate in many points such as him being catholic.

[@edgyedgelord1366]

FortuneZero To mention a comment above you said, the war was lost. The Viet Cong were so sneaky and careful if we continued to fight we'd only be continuing to run in circles.

[@TheNinjaGumball]

Why is there an STG-44 in the thumbnail, rather than a Thompson?

[@TheCrimsonAtom]

Its an old gun, its gets the point done.

[@stefan0453]

Now imagine that they ban video games, that would be the same as banning alcohol.

[@revolvingworld2676]

Just wait a few years China is getting there and Australia is next.

[@sunlightspear7000]

My great grandfather used to brew beer in his basement. All his friends met up at Friday to play poker while drinking. Even the local sheriff showed up to play.

[@thel33tpenguinftw40]

Prohibition in my neighbourhood (The Junction, Toronto) lasted until the 80's and Jesus it screwed up the whole place, crime was big, and restaurant's were screwed. Thankfully they repealed it.

[@cody.jpittman4844]

I wanted to see what would happen if prohibition ever happened alternative history video?

[@acrefray]

Both if Prohibition never happened and/or if it continued.

[@OrangeT3am]

america would make good alcohol

[@akrybion]

basicly what happens in every other country that never has this law. Maybe you guys could buy beer at 16 instead of 21

[@MikhaelAhava]

Agree!

[@Retiarius2]

We all did, Dino fox. We all did.

[@yansproductions]

here in brazil, counter strike was banned for 3 years (2008-2011) after that ban, the popularity of that game skyrocket and in 2012 (after the ban) it sold legally 10 million units oficialy. its unknown how many did piracy just to play that game.

[@mr.mercury2632]

The problem is that they are trying to eliminate the supply not the demand

[@olivergray9562]

The whisky rebellion? I'm not looking it up, your gonna have to tell me. please.

[@herobrineharry7698]

Oliver Gray look it up.

[@olivergray9562]

herobrineharry I don't wanna I want him to do it 😭

[@ThePooper3000]

USA taxed whiskey and people rose up in rebellion. It got put down, but in the end the rebels won because the taxes were lifted.

[@hgejhae]

Oliver Gray I know what it is, but no.

[@ogre4375]

ThePooper3000 that's a very good description but it's important to remember how the world watched and laughed as a young nation who defeated the world's strongest power struggled to put down a small rebellion. This caused addition of a federal military, not state run militias in the new us constitution

[@vladislavdracula1763]

Legalize and regulate.

[@joshuaclark1461]

I was actually ready for an alternate history episode on prohibition.

[@paultubbs3510]

I live your video descriptions

[@oro7114]

Under prohibition could Catholics drink the wine during holy communion in the U.S?

[@suspenceful7426]

The consumption of alcohol was not illegal. It was just the transportation, manufacturing, and sale of alcohol that was prohibited under the 18th amendment. So, if your church had barrels of wine stashed before the law was passed, you'd be fine.

[@oro7114]

Suspenceful So where the churches who were not so lucky ever get prosecuted?

[@OzbyBray]

doubtful even if they had broken the law; a good way to alienate yourself from your people is to mess with the church

[@Mikewee777]

The pope financed the mafia back then .

[@MichaelFay63]

No no the Mafia finances the Pope. Still does!

[@kingykongy5676]

Now I want the "What if Prohibition Never Happened" video.

[@johnthebull]

Love your work Cody keep it up!

[@saulalessio2251]

lol came here from the AlternateHistoryHub...i love your channels.

[@BadForYourKidneys]

It's impossible to ban anything. It will only make it more desirable

[@iameuropean5301]

So if you try to ban all bans, everyone will start to ban everything!

[@Bobelponge123]

What if they ban banning everything

[@dkupke]

That is why we need less bible nuts like Wayne Wheeler-and more LaVeyan Satanism; do what you want just don’t hurt anyone else.

[@tech6985]

*bans cyanide pills*

[@dkupke]

shpoogy noogy not entirely-it is allowed for tourists. Besides alcohol never became part of their culture like it did in Europe.

[@neonmarkov6544]

He was unwheeling to change minds?

[@SedateArc20]

Neon Markov boo nigga you suck

[@poopshipdestroy3r]

Neon Markov *bum bum tss*

[@jacmac225]

9:30 lol, thanks for that. made me giggle

[@mediaSophia88]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@ArchOfWinter]

Damn it Cody for teasing a Alt History episode! But this would be a good topic.

[@BKbuilds]

anyone notice the gangster using the stg44 lol

[@Root174]

I think a Thompson...I mean Tommy gun would have been more appropriate :P.

[@NoobGamer3D]

shit, I thought it was a MP5 ._. It should be a Tommy Gun, actually.

[@TH3W0LF100]

Time-travelling Gangsters. We're doomed.

[@neighborprism6653]

that gun is basically the daddy of the AK-47

[@RastaLlama]

Love that u mentioned Jazz Twice. I like this guy. Think I'm gonna subscribe

[@diontaedaughtry974]

Thank you this was very helpful and informative 👍👍

[@semi-relatablerants3964]

I believe that cody has an identity crisis, he is actually of Alternate History Hub

[@theusdollar9042]

Why did you remove the sunglasses on America?

[@suddenlytitan739]

perhaps it was before he gotten the sunglasses

[@Sara3346]

America only gets the sunglasses, after World War II, this is just slightly after World War I

[@yoshee87]

The Empires that out lasted the Top hats,Brays,and Whatever hat Yodlers wear aka Germans. ..

[@tysondennis1016]

This should have been a warning that the War on Drugs was going to fail.

[@chekyr]

Love the video pls keep it up!

[@RomanBelisarius]

Finally Cody use a Countryball(America), even if it's a little bit....weird.

[@ComradeCheekiBreeki]

If he does something about WWII he better use Polan

[@RomanBelisarius]

Russiantoaster Good idea.

[@snoopypingas5426]

+Russiantoaster I don't get it... I'm not at all on the meme :(

[@webmaristocrat4052]

USA should have sunglasses.

[@lilianzhu1311]

He needs to use it in the cold war

[@tommytom1591]

Made exactly 10 miniutes long??? Who the hell cares he's in college, he needs that money.

[@papajohn2288]

Tommy Tom what if KZbin made it 13:37 lol

[@danese1636]

Awesome video! Very informative! ~Dan

[@mrdonut7158]

Wine is considered to be the blood of jesus And if alcohol is the devil's nectar Jesus' blood is partially devilish???

[@peanutgallery5427]

Being drunk is devilish not alcohol Alcohol is fine

[@mrdonut7158]

@@peanutgallery5427 that's the thing, really

[@eldragondeloeste8749]

@@peanutgallery5427 Then if a vampire grabs Jesus with his guard down he can get drunk, right?

[@tasostheteaman5484]

@@eldragondeloeste8749 Oh no

[@thatpilotmain4326]

Its. All

[@GoldyBoy99]

Thanks for the video, Cody. As someone who is opposed to alcohol because of others under the influence of it, I've wondered what things would be like when it was illegal and if it could still be illegal if handled differently. As you pointed out though, the ban did more harm than good. Hopefully people will just learn to be responsible.

[@ThePooper3000]

You can't take away Man's God-given right: The right to vices.

[@accountretired]

pretty good, simple, easy to grasp, explanation of prohibition!

[@hockeyxgamer]

“What if Prohibition never happened.” I was like oh god is this gonna be a 20 minute video. XD

[@FutureLaugh]

video idea, what if drug prohibition never existed? like for visibility

[@benderbendingrofriguez3300]

Banned alcohol? That is just insane.

[@turnpike9680]

Wheelerism reminds me of the modern gun control movement.

[@paulbarrett1984]

The ASL reminds me of the NRA

[@turnpike9680]

@@paulbarrett1984 Same, particularly the anti-civil rights NRA of the 1970s.

[@eldragondeloeste8749]

To me it sounds more like a secret cult that really likes wheels

[@turnpike9680]

@Fluffynator How do you validate such a claim? If you're going to correlate statistics that don't show causality or cherry-pick a few Eurocentric western countries where gun ownership is heavily restricted but have low homicide rates (see earlier claim about how correlation =/= causation), don't even bother.

[@turnpike9680]

​@Fluffynator I'm just trying to save you time and not use evidence that I can easily debunk... but if we're going that route, then so be it. No - as hard as it is for you to believe, access to guns really doesn't *cause* violent crime. Poor social systems, an unbalanced economic model in favor of the rich, and an abundance of people with an abundance conflicting cultures are far more likely to have an impact on that. Why? Because as many places you can cite that restrict gun ownership but enjoy a low murder rate, I can just as easily cherry-pick communities within the US with extremely loose gun laws but also low homicide rates. There's really no defining argument you can make using statistics that show without any sort of doubt that guns increase violent crime since there are an even amount of examples, even within the first world, that do and don't - and all within the "first world". Go outside of the first world and such an argument only degrades, especially comparing countries with the highest populations and their degree of gun restriction on civilians. And that's not even getting into the statistical frequency of defensive gun use in violent crimes or how gun control advocates often push for laws that have little to no impact on actual gun violence, such as assault weapons bans and magazine capacity limits.

[@FlakFerret]

"Paddy's Pub" A nice nod to the show Bar Rescue and that episode.

[@darkxarchon]

The ASL rings a familiar bell to today

[@GregAlso1]

Alright, you failed to mention just how epidemic the alcohol problem was in the late 1800s. We have not returned to the absolute permeation of drunkenness and cheap booze that proliferated the last part of the 19th century. I don’t think prohibition was the right response but the general populace was desperate. I have heard that as many as 80% of males were drinking excessively each day. In studying the old west I discovered that the Saloon, what the ASL was protesting, was a serious problem as each one was trying to outdo the other with cheaper and cheaper alcohol with stranger kicker ingredients. They would add opioids or snake venom or other dangerous ingredients to their unique drink and sell it for 10-25¢. Talking about Prohibition without discussing the seriousness of the alcohol problem of that time period is irresponsible journalism and playing on people’s preconceived notions of how culture works instead of giving them the complex nature of how major things happen. It is convenient to blame one thing, like religion or other social institution instead of discussing all the factors involved. Why was the nation so open to the prohibition of alcohol. The opioid crisis we are facing right now is probably the first time America has faced something of similar seriousness since the alcohol problems of the late 1800s and it really hasn’t yet reached the epidemic proportions of that time.

[@milascave2]

Good point. And yes, in those days, without all the pesky government regulations we have now, you never knew what was in your booze. Tobacco juice, which is supposed to be spat out if you chew tobacco, was sometimes added to barroom brews. There was so much drinking in those days that a book about that period is called "The alcoholic republic."

[@dkupke]

Well he did mention how alcohol was so widely consumed because of a lack of access to clean drinking water.

[@milascave2]

Daniel: like how some folks in Appalachia now drink Mountain dew because of lack of untoxified water. But neither is a real solution, both dehydrate you further, giving you only a brief illusion of quenched thirst. Granted, sailors have used a small amount of alcohol to keep water safe, figuring out the right amount via trial and error. But just drinking booze instead of water won't keep you alive for long. Small amounts of flat beer, maybe, for a while.

[@derp8575]

Drinking helped laborers live without wanting to put a bullet in their skulls. It was common for wives to serve liquor to their husbands during work, breaks and after work. All work and no play makes Herpeslip...

[@milascave2]

herpes: well, for a while. But after a while, heavy drinking makes you more depressed Of course it contributed to domestic violence and the abuse and/or neglect of children, and of work, which is why women were so against it. And then it messes up your health, making you unable to work, and, finally, kills you just as dead as if you had put a bullet in your brain.

[@unfa00]

I take this as a lesson that even good will can cause lots of harm, if you don't keep your means good too.

[@edgarlarios4718]

I personally really like TFM's take on this subject. It runs deeper than presented here.

[@kongo-muller4546]

History of the emu wars

[@mrmaniac3]

4:12 'Wheerlism'

[@welloffwombat6172]

“Now let’s ask outselves what if the prohibition nev- nah I’m kidding” best part

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

During the American prohibition Al Capone and many gangsters were bootlegging alcohol from many different places including Canada where there was no prohibition.

[@rayfridley6649]

In the southwest U.S, it was bootlegged from Mexico,

[@nebojsagalic4246]

Wheeler was basically Hitler, but with beer instead of Jews?

[@raymondfair7822]

Yeah my teacher is basically Hitler, but with chewing gum.

[@TheCloverskull]

So literally worse than Hitler.

[@UgandanAirForce]

gas the gum

[@wabawoooIII]

I made this connection, went down here to say that and... oh...

[@PlanetShlorpian]

The 21 and over drinking age implemented by nanny state lobbyists in the 1980s is the modern day prohibition. That and the war on drugs. Pretty much every other western affluent nation either has a 16 or 18 and over age (including Canada) or doesn't have one at all. Except the land of the "free" where you have to be 21 and over to have any sort of intoxicated fun.

[@MrEntinen]

Scott Socash well on the plus side you can do all kinds of kinky porn for 3 years before drinking a beer legally

[@PlanetShlorpian]

Cycling in Edmonton from the Eyes of a Teen Still. What's better? 19 or 21? Hell I wouldn't be surprised if some assholes in the US congress and senate want to make the age of majority 21 as well.

[@bluefungi]

Leave it to the land of the free to make a plant less harmful than peanuts illegal. Seriously peanuts have killed more people than cannabis has. Hell water has killed more people than cannabis has.

[@Kehwanna]

JP Morgan was also highly involved in the movement towards banning alcohol to get rid of the competition of vehicles fueled by alcohols such as methanol.

[@titusstanding5993]

The music is great and the information better 👍