[OneWingedShark]

The populace can't get rid of the despotic government and seeks chemical anxiety amelioration.

You've basically just summed up my theory as to why alcoholism goes up in tyrannical governments.

[Paladin2]

You should get a gov’t grant to study same. (Including deficit reduction through sin taxation.)

[RipSawyer]

“You’ve basically just summed up my theory as to why alcoholism goes up in tyrannical governments.”
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I laughed when I heard about the gentleman who was concerned that we might have “a tyranny within fifty to a hundred years” or something on that order. He is refusing to recognize that we have had a tyranny already for decades, the only difference now is that the tyranny is reaching full bloom. I think people know when they are living under tyranny but many simply refuse to admit it, especially those who voted for it.