SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Egotism, Volstead Act, Distilled Beverage
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France, greece (labor disputes and strikes, student protests) intermittent disorder. China (intermittent disorder) 2700 military persons suppresses massive protest. Afghanistan: russian invasion 1979-1988, taliban rule. Second congo war, 1998 on (more or less: 8 african nations, over 5 million dead. Especially from disease and starvations: millions displaced, rape, war against women. Try to use the law to legislate order: an example. American drank from the crack of dawn to the crack of dawn . Volstead act, 1919 which prohibit intoxicating beverages: split society in two, as resist the law. Smuggling: the liquor came from ships anchored beyond the three-mile limit and ferried to shore by an enormous fleet of sailboats, skiffs, dinghies, rowboats, and even a few seaplanes. More smuggling: bronfman"s, seagram"s, chicago, al capone, the untouchables. Exemptions: sacramental use, family farm, medicinal purposes, allows hard liquor. Egotism: hobbes (insatiable wants force & fraud) Egotism 2: freud (civilization and its discontents) repress individual ( id )
