Conditions at that time were abhorrent and people were even rationed whiskey at work to make it more tolerable. Its just that alcohol was cheap and plentiful. Look up the gin epidemic in England. Cheap hard liquor hit their working class like a freight train.
True. I was referring to anecdotes I had read of Bleeding Kansas, a bit before prohibition, where literally all the combatants on the slavery side were constantly shitfaced and killing civilians. Like there was an entire class of guy who was just drunk and violent 24/7
Conditions at that time were abhorrent and people were even rationed whiskey at work to make it more tolerable. Its just that alcohol was cheap and plentiful. Look up the gin epidemic in England. Cheap hard liquor hit their working class like a freight train.
True. I was referring to anecdotes I had read of Bleeding Kansas, a bit before prohibition, where literally all the combatants on the slavery side were constantly shitfaced and killing civilians. Like there was an entire class of guy who was just drunk and violent 24/7
Sounds like the slaver side was channeling Dirlewanger Brigade energy a century early