I'd like to import some of their troubled blondes, 5'7", 125 lbs., they can keep their socialism. We're growing our own. Pretty soon most of America will readily accept the notion that "if it's for the common good" we should adopt it. Prohibition is no exception. Possibly their single greatest tool for turning citizens into subjects.
In my opinion, that was worth the double post!
You're exactly right - "citizens into subjects".
That nails it.