• Gerudo@lemmy.zip
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    19 hours ago

    You ban something, and people will always find a way around it. Always.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      Yup, and that’s how the US got the Mafia. We banned alcohol, but people wanted to drink, so the Mafia made that happen.

      All a ban does is hurt law abiding citizens and businesses.

      • MynameisAllen@lemmy.zip
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        9 hours ago

        This is a fairly revisionist history version of the mafia, they were here for decades before prohibition. One might say that they profited greatly from prohibition, but to suggest they began with it is incredibly incorrect. I hate to be the actually guy but I find organized crime fascinating and I can’t let this one go