I would not underestimate the sheer force of will that was Lyndon Baines Johnson. He was a master manipulator. He doesn't even win the 20th Century for that; it

I would not underestimate the sheer force of will that was Lyndon Baines Johnson. He was a master manipulator. He doesn't even win the 20th Century for that; it's entirely possible that one Wayne Wheeler was personally largely responsible for Prohibition. I'd call Prohibition a larger ... thing. But Johnson was formidable; he's been called the most effective legislator in US history. People would have been variably ready for this. There's an argument that says we're still not really ready.