>> Alcohol certainly can cause problems, esp under poverty conditions. <<
Poverty creates all kinds of substance abuse and other problems. If you really want to get rid of those problems, put people in a healthy and stable environment. But that's not what the folks in power want; they need the fearmongering to stay in power. It's a problem.
>> Prohibition caused its own problems which fell unevenly. <<
Agreed, the main one being that it didn't work and drove up the crime rate; much like the "war on drugs" has done. So then you have to ask who benefits from that.
>> Several stories let Bucky and Steve be lookouts, which ended with repeal. <<
I've seen some of that, and it's often written well. Some writers have done an awesome job speculating exactly how Bucky managed to scrape up enough income to keep Steve alive.
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Re: Getting Through
Date: 2014-04-26 09:04 pm (UTC)Poverty creates all kinds of substance abuse and other problems. If you really want to get rid of those problems, put people in a healthy and stable environment. But that's not what the folks in power want; they need the fearmongering to stay in power. It's a problem.
>> Prohibition caused its own problems which fell unevenly. <<
Agreed, the main one being that it didn't work and drove up the crime rate; much like the "war on drugs" has done. So then you have to ask who benefits from that.
>> Several stories let Bucky and Steve be lookouts, which ended with repeal. <<
I've seen some of that, and it's often written well. Some writers have done an awesome job speculating exactly how Bucky managed to scrape up enough income to keep Steve alive.