Comment on Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies

rhvg@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Well, I mean that was proven in the prohibition era. Alcohol was illegal, and thus you could be arrested for having it.

  And yet, the task force to enforce these rules was like 1 agent per every 500,000 citizens. So “super secret” speakeasies were EVERYWHERE in those days. So common that drunks would knock on random peoples doors, and home owners would instinctively yell “THIS ISN’T A SPEAKEASY!!!” and the drunk would go knock on the next door. It was said you only had to knock on 20-30 doors depending on the city, before you happened upon a secret speakeasy.

  The head of the task force said New Orleans was the easiest to find alcohol, having just flown into the airport, he said it took about 30 seconds before he got into a cab, and was IMMEDIATELY offered booze.

  If a law is a law, but it’s not being enforced, is it really a law?

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  • charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There was a lot about this in Boardwalk Empire. I ain’t to learned but I think the creators were trying to be somewhat accurate

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