They said it was for the children. For the families. For the soul of America.
But Prohibition wasn’t a war on alcohol—it was a war on the people.
It wasn’t about virtue. It wasn’t about safety.
It was never about saving anyone.
It was about power. About profit. And about punishing the very people it claimed to protect.
Just released my first Special Edition eBook:
Prohibition and the Profit Motive – How the U.S. Sold Control as Virtue
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This is a radical 9-page microhistory that exposes:
- How Prohibition was used to criminalize poverty, independence, and rebellion
- How women’s pain was exploited to justify surveillance
- How the government knowingly poisoned its own people—and got away with it
- And how all of it echoes in today’s drug war, overdose crisis, and profiteering off pain
Included in the Special Edition:
- Letter from the Author
- Full design and printable formatting
- A haunting “Then vs Now” historical photo spread
- Extended commentary not included in the free version
Free version here (education should be accessible): Prohibition and the Profit Motive: How the US Sold Control as Virtue Standard PDF
Special Edition ($5+, supports the work): Prohibition and the Profit Motive – eBook Special Edition
This was written, researched, designed, and formatted by one person—no team, no budget, just rage, tabs, and truth. If you believe in history that hits back, this is for you.
—The Mad Philosopher
_Subject Index:
Origins of the Temperance Movement, Feminist advocacy and state betrayal, Racialized and class-based enforcement of Prohibition, Government-sanctioned poisoning, Surveillance and control policies, Economic exploitation of addiction, The War on Drugs as a legacy system, Pharmaceutical profiteering and opioid crisis, The commodification of pain, Resistance, rebellion, and reclaiming history_
100% agree with this—it can be both. That’s the pattern. A genuine movement arises, then gets rerouted by those with power to serve their own goals. The real question is: who benefits when morality becomes law? If it’s not the people most affected, it’s probably control disguised as compassion.