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" The banks made a killing laundering bootlegger cash while the government discovered a very fine method of channeling millions in taxpayer dollars toward building the prison industrial complex." U sually sold to the masses in the same way gangsters push their protection rackets and some religions sell their salvation, history reveals that prohibition is a practice built on a foundation of deceit, greed, and exploitation. Pushed on the people as a necessary measure required for their own protection by those claiming the moral high ground, citizens have been systematically coerced into supporting a furtherance of draconian legislation only after they had been well-primed with fear and misinformation. In the dissipating shadow of a crumbling alcohol prohibition in the United States during the early 1930s, there were several controlling factors at play. One elephant in the room was the well-rooted law enforcement establishment that had swollen its ranks tremendously during the times of temperance. The banks made a killing laundering bootlegger cash while the government discovered a very fine method of channeling millions in taxpayer dollars toward building the prison industrial complex. myhydrolife.com grow. heal. learn. enjoy. 45