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'What if'? Prohibition is one of the examples - the policies aren't at all guaranteed to be good.

• lukifer 12y ago
  As an aside, it's no accident that women's suffrage coincides chronologically with prohibition. Though it turned out to be bad policy, prohibition was a galvanizing issue that drove many women to political activism, either for religious reasons, and/or in reaction to alcoholism and domestic abuse.
  • rayiner 12y ago
    I strongly recommend watching the PBS series on the topic: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition.
  • amyjess 12y ago
    Progressives also endorsed prohibition because local bosses often used saloons as their bases, so breaking up the saloons was seen as a way to cut off corrupt party officials.