I wrote this piece to challenge the idea that Prohibition was ever about virtue.
If you’ve ever felt like history was sanitized or weaponized, this is for you.
Appreciate any feedback or thoughts—especially from folks who care about systems, history, or propaganda.
Thanks for reading.
I wrote this piece to challenge the idea that Prohibition was ever about virtue.
If you’ve ever felt like history was sanitized or weaponized, this is for you.
Appreciate any feedback or thoughts—especially from folks who care about systems, history, or propaganda.
Thanks for reading.
Prohibition and the Profit Motive How the U.S. Sold Control as Virtue
The moral panic of Prohibition wasn’t just a cultural moment—it was a propaganda masterpiece.
This breakdown explores how the U.S. government sold virtue to the public while expanding surveillance, enriching criminals, and deepening social control.
It’s not history—it’s a blueprint.
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Prohibition and the Profit Motive How the U.S. Sold Control as Virtue
The moral panic of Prohibition wasn’t just a cultural moment—it was a propaganda masterpiece.
This breakdown explores how the U.S. government sold virtue to the public while expanding surveillance, enriching criminals, and deepening social control.
It’s not history—it’s a blueprint.
Just released my first Special Edition eBook:
Prohibition and the Profit Motive How the U.S. Sold Control as Virtue Special Edition eBook
Prohibition and the Profit Motive – How the U.S. Sold Control as Virtue
This $5 eBook version helps me keep going.
It funds the next piece.
It keeps the lights on—literally.
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Prohibition and the Profit Motive: How the US Sold Control as Virtue
Prohibition wasn’t just a moral crusade—it was a market strategy.
This piece explores how the U.S. government used the 18th Amendment to criminalize behavior for profit, partner with organized crime, and manufacture obedience through scarcity.
When you follow the money, the morality myth crumbles fast.
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That’s exactly it—same machine, just with new masks.
I really appreciate your perspective, especially coming from someone who’s seen the cycles firsthand. The fact that governments still wrap control in the language of “safety” says everything about how long this game’s been played.
And yeah… trusting the powerful because we voted for them—that part hits. Manufactured consent is real.
I think what gives me hope is that some of us are starting to ask deeper questions. Maybe not enough yet—but it’s a spark. And sparks spread. Thank you for sharing yours.
What do y’all think we still aren’t being told the truth about?
If they could sell Prohibition as virtue and get away with poisoning people—
what else do we accept as “normal” that’s actually built on control and profit?
What do y’all think we still aren’t being told the truth about?
If they could sell Prohibition as virtue and get away with poisoning people—
what else do we accept as “normal” that’s actually built on control and profit?
What do y’all think we still aren’t being told the truth about?
If they could sell Prohibition as virtue and get away with poisoning people—
what else do we accept as “normal” that’s actually built on control and profit?
Prohibition and the Profit Motive: How the US Sold Control as Virtue
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
This $5 eBook version helps me keep going.
It funds the next piece.
It keeps the lights on—literally.
Can’t swing $5?
Even a $1 tip makes a bigger difference than you think.
Can’t support at all? Please share this with someone who needs to know.
Thank you for being here.
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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 surveill
Prohibition and the Profit Motive: How the US Sold Control as Virtue
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
This $5 eBook version helps me keep going.
It funds the next piece.
It keeps the lights on—literally.
Can’t swing $5?
Even a $1 tip makes a bigger difference than you think.
Can’t support at all? Please share this with someone who needs to know.
Thank you for being here.
Every view, every read, every repost—
you’re helping me fight back with facts.
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 surveill
For those who know what this is—you know what to do.
If you’ve seen signs of this on your campus, in your org, or in your inbox… document it.
Assume everything digital is traceable. Assume nothing is private.
BLIND ITEM: #1 “The Watchlist Before the Crackdown”
BLIND ITEM: “The Watchlist Before the Crackdown”
An unnamed private tech firm—with longstanding contracts in predictive analytics, surveillance, and law enforcement integration—has partnered with a major U.S. federal agency (not officially DHS, but connected) to aggregate protest-related data across university campuses. This includes:
- Social media activity flagged by emotion-tracking AI
- Attendance at student government meetings
- Club affiliations labeled as “culturally radical”
- Usage of encrypted messaging apps on campus networks
- Anonymous feedback submitted to university “safety” portals
- Participation in Zoom-based teach-ins or virtual protest planning sessions
All of this is being collected silently, with university compliance. Some schools are not aware. Others are complicit.
The result?
A tiered watchlist.
- Tier 1: Identified protest leaders—already being targeted via immigration, academic misconduct, or financial aid audits
- Tier 2: Repeat protest part
For those who know what this is—you know what to do.
If you’ve seen signs of this on your campus, in your org, or in your inbox… document it.
Assume everything digital is traceable. Assume nothing is private.
For those who know what this is—you know what to do.
If you’ve seen signs of this on your campus, in your org, or in your inbox… document it.
Assume everything digital is traceable. Assume nothing is private.
BLIND ITEM: #1 “The Watchlist Before the Crackdown”
BLIND ITEM: “The Watchlist Before the Crackdown”
An unnamed private tech firm—with longstanding contracts in predictive analytics, surveillance, and law enforcement integration—has partnered with a major U.S. federal agency (not officially DHS, but connected) to aggregate protest-related data across university campuses. This includes:
- Social media activity flagged by emotion-tracking AI
- Attendance at student government meetings
- Club affiliations labeled as “culturally radical
- Usage of encrypted messaging apps on campus networks
- Anonymous feedback submitted to university “safety” portals
- Participation in Zoom-based teach-ins or virtual protest planning sessions
All of this is being collected silently, with university compliance. Some schools are not aware. Others are complicit.
The result?
A tiered watchlist.
- Tier 1: Identified protest leaders—already being targeted via immigration, academic misconduct, or financial aid audits
- Tier 2: Repeat protest parti
BLIND ITEM: #1 “The Watchlist Before the Crackdown
BLIND ITEM: “The Watchlist Before the Crackdown”
An unnamed private tech firm—with longstanding contracts in predictive analytics, surveillance, and law enforcement integration—has partnered with a major U.S. federal agency (not officially DHS, but connected) to aggregate protest-related data across university campuses. This includes:
- Social media activity flagged by emotion-tracking AI
- Attendance at student government meetings
- Club affiliations labeled as “culturally radical
- Usage of encrypted messaging apps on campus networks
- Anonymous feedback submitted to university “safety” portals
- Participation in Zoom-based teach-ins or virtual protest planning sessions
All of this is being collected silently, with university compliance. Some schools are not aware. Others are complicit.
The result?
A tiered watchlist.
- Tier 1: Identified protest leaders—already being targeted via immigration, academic misconduct, or financial aid audits
- Tier 2: Repeat protest particip
This is exactly why I post in these spaces—so I can learn just as much as I speak. I hadn’t heard of Pedagogy of the Oppressed before, but I just looked it up and I’m floored. That idea—that liberation must come from the oppressed themselves, and that internalized oppression must be rejected—is everything I believe about education, revolution, and reclaiming power.
Praxis as reflection and action… that hit me hard. I’m definitely going to dive deeper into Freire now. Thank you for sharing that knowledge with me.
Wow, I really appreciate this response. You’re right—what we’re dealing with isn’t just an education system that’s “not working,” it’s one that’s working exactly as intended. The standardization of thought, emotional suppression, and the illusion of choice all serve the same machinery.
You nailed it with: “Our most powerful weapon is questioning and reading from all sources.” That’s literally the whole point of my piece—if we aren’t allowed to ask who benefits from our ignorance, then we’re not being educated… we’re being indoctrinated. Thank you for bringing that clarity.
I wrote this because the crumbling education system is something deeply personal to me. It’s not just broken—it’s familiar.
Has anyone else ever felt like you had to unlearn and reteach yourself just to actually understand the world?
Because when a system fails us that hard, we’re forced to become our own teachers. And that’s where resistance begins.
Declaration of Educational Warfare
Declaration of Educational Warfare — A Manifesto from the Classroom Frontlines
> This is not a reform. This is a rebellion.
I wrote this as a public declaration—because the education system is not broken.
It was built this way.
What we call “school” is often just a pipeline: from trauma, to obedience, to silence. This isn’t about fixing it. This is about burning it down and building something that actually nurtures minds.
Declaration of Educational Warfare
Subject Index: education reform, political indoctrination, propaganda in schools, American history, truth in education, anti-authoritarian, critical thinking, curriculum manipulation, modern revolution, cultural warfare, media literacy, civic responsibility, youth empowerment, educational resistance, information control, censorship in education, radical pedagogy
I wrote this because the crumbling education system is something deeply personal to me. It’s not just broken—it’s familiar.
Has anyone else ever felt like you had to unlearn and reteach yourself just to actually understand the world?
Because when a system fails us that hard, we’re forced to become our own teachers. And that’s where resistance begins.
Declaration of Educational Warfare
Declaration of Educational Warfare — A Manifesto from the Classroom Frontlines
This is not a reform. This is a rebellion.
I wrote this as a public declaration—because the education system is not broken.
It was built this way.
What we call “school” is often just a pipeline: from trauma, to obedience, to silence. This isn’t about fixing it. This is about burning it down and building something that actually nurtures minds.
Declaration of Educational Warfare
Subject index: education reform, political indoctrination, propaganda in schools, American history, truth in education, anti-authoritarian, critical thinking, curriculum manipulation, modern revolution, cultural warfare, media literacy, civic responsibility, youth empowerment, educational resistance, information control, censorship in education, radical pedagogy
This one hit different when I wrote it.
I wasn’t trying to be polished—I just needed to get the fire out of me before it ate everything.
Anyone else ever write something down just to survive a moment?
This one hit different when I wrote it.
I wasn’t trying to be polished—I just needed to get the fire out of me before it ate everything.
Anyone else ever write something down just to survive a moment?
Ablaze
Ablaze
Sometimes when my pen hits the paper I start to bleed.
I scribbled this on a page of notebook paper and decided to post it—just raw and real.
I wrote this while I felt like everything around me was on fire.
*Subject Index: spoken word poetry, raw emotion writing, trauma poetry, unfiltered prose, poetic rage, healing through writing, mental health expression, survivor poetry, emotional catharsis, dark poetry, stream of consciousness, grief and growth, poetic vulnerability, feminist poetry, writing through pain, confessional writing*
This one hit different when I wrote it.
I wasn’t trying to be polished—I just needed to get the fire out of me before it ate everything.
Anyone else ever write something down just to survive a moment?
Ablaze
**Ablaze**
Sometimes when my pen hits the paper I start to bleed.
I scribbled this on a page of notebook paper and decided to post it—just raw and real.
I wrote this while I felt like everything around me was on fire.
Subject Index: spoken word poetry, raw emotion writing, trauma poetry, unfiltered prose, poetic rage, healing through writing, mental health expression, survivor poetry, emotional catharsis, dark poetry, stream of consciousness, grief and growth, poetic vulnerability, feminist poetry, writing through pain, confessional writing
Ablaze
**Ablaze**
Sometimes when my pen hits the paper I start to bleed.
I scribbled this on a page of notebook paper and decided to post it—just raw and real.
I wrote this while I felt like everything around me was on fire.
_*Subject Index: spoken word poetry, raw emotion writing, trauma poetry, unfiltered prose, poetic rage, healing through writing, mental health expression, survivor poetry, emotional catharsis, dark poetry, stream of consciousness, grief and growth, poetic vulnerability, feminist poetry, writing through pain, confessional writing*_
I think it’s honestly insane that King George III was the monarch during the American Revolution. Like—he literally watched his empire unravel while mentally deteriorating. The symbolism of that? Wild.
And it makes perfect sense, too—he wasn’t just “mad” in the medical sense. He was a monarch at the edge of an era where people were starting to reject divine rule, hereditary power, and all the illusions that kept empires running. His madness almost feels like a metaphor for the collapse of monarchy itself.
He’s one of those figures where the history feels mythic—like the universe couldn’t have picked a more poetic villain for the birth of a republic.
Thank you so much—nuance really is everything, especially when history gets flattened into black-and-white narratives. I’m really grateful you saw that in the piece. We need more conversations that live in the gray.
While researching this, what genuinely wrecked me was realizing that there wasn’t just one drug crisis in Germany—there were two. An opiate crisis after WWI and a meth crisis after WWII. Layered over that is the unimaginable scale of the Holocaust, the physical and moral scorched earth that followed, and the complete collapse of a population that had already lost so much.
I always knew the Nazis were monsters—but I didn’t fully grasp how many people inside Germany were also victims: people who resisted, who stayed because they believed they could fight from within, who were swallowed by a system they refused to join. It just… broke something open in me.
Have you ever come across something in history that made you stop and rethink everything—not just who the villains were, but what it meant to survive them?
Pervitin, Propaganda, and Power
Pervitin, Propaganda, and Power
The story of Pervitin is not just about Nazi Germany—it’s a cautionary tale about what happens when power seeks to dominate not only people, but their biology. The Third Reich’s chemical warfare wasn’t just in gas chambers or on battlefields—it was in the bloodstream of its own citizens. The myth of Nazi discipline wasn’t built solely on ideology or fear—it was built on meth.
And as we examine modern systems of power, propaganda, and pharmaceutical dependence, we must ask ourselves: how much of our compliance is truly our own? And how has history mistaken intoxication for conviction?
Because the most dangerous drug of all is the one that makes us believe we’re in control.
Pervitin, Propaganda, and Power
_~Subject Index: Pervitin, Nazi Germany, WWII drugs, methamphetamine in war, propaganda history, Hitler meth, military stimulants, psychology of sold