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To: LS
At least one scholar of the 20s rejects the notion that Prohibition “caused” organized crime.

Straw man - nobody here has said Prohibition “caused” organized crime.

Rather, it just substituted booze for gaming & prostitution.

Sounds like nonsense ... why wouldn't they maximize their take by selling them all?

47 posted on 07/15/2018 3:18:25 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

He has excellent stats & makes a great case that it’s correlation not causality.

Don’t have it in front of me but we cited many of his works in “Patriot’s History.”


48 posted on 07/15/2018 4:59:34 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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