Maybe not, but it gave us honey fitz and his besotten killer son teddy and allowed him to buy the Presidency for his other drug-addled son, John (who muddled through pretty well until his untimely demise).
And we all have to admit to the comedy gold that was Jerry Rivers opening up the “tomb” to find 3 empty gin bottles.
LOL, good one. I thought I might be fast enough to mention old Joe K., but FReepers are just too quick.
Prohibition didn’t turn people like Capone into thugs but it did turn them into quite wealthy thugs with political power.
So, in 1830 Americans were a bunch of lushes and stayed so until Prohibition. 1830 was soon after the founding of this nation. Hmmm...
Maybe not? I refuse to ignore the blood on Capone’s hands before Prohibition. People are responsible for their actions before and after temperance. Extreme libertarians are free to build an anarchy island and move to it though. See how that works.