Why Were Bootleggers Called That?

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Although Prohibition officially began on January 16, 1920, the impetus for banning the production, sale, importation and transportation (though not the consumption) of alcohol had been brewing for decades before. Part of a string of reforms introduced by Progressives, Protestants and other activists to cure all of society’s ills, limiting the consumption of alcohol was thought by many to be the cure for domestic violence, poor health, loose morals and, of course, public drunkenness.
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@danielhebard1865 5 жыл бұрын

"Do not place the [rehydrated grape must] in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then it would turn into wine." Lmfao. 😂

@bofostudio 5 жыл бұрын

It’s so weird that most of our societies basically share the consensus that alcohol prohibition was absurd, dysfunctional and dangerous ... but we nonetheless near universally perpetuate a drug war and prohibition on other intoxicants that is about as evidence-based and effective as pretending that farts are a form of conversation.

@faizalf119 5 жыл бұрын

I just love the instruction. "Don't do this okay wink wink nudge nudge"

@Lady_Chaos 5 жыл бұрын

Where did the concept of "traditional anniversary gifts" come from? Paper for the first, silver for the 25th, gold for the 50th, etc.

@ACrownofFlowers 5 жыл бұрын

The Bureau of Internal Revenue? You mean BIR? OH THE IRONY!

@fugithegreat 5 жыл бұрын

And this is why illicit drugs should be legal, and their use treated as a health crisis instead of criminal activity.

@gubjorggisladottir3525 5 жыл бұрын

I actually have thought that "Moonshiner" was a person who made "moonshine" i.e. homemade alcohol and "bootleggers" either transferred, sold or consumed it.

@Heyitsaddie23 5 жыл бұрын

YEEEEEESSSS another prohibition video!! I've been researching it for years now!! This was so much fun to watch, I hope other viewers were able to take as much interest in this period as I do!

@christelheadington1136 5 жыл бұрын

At the end of the video, we found out where the expression,"I'm gonna hit the bricks" came from.

@marciamusiak4103 5 жыл бұрын

very interesting. thanks love your topics

@jovanweismiller7114 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you mentioned my native State of Kansas. However, what is not generally known is that enforcement was rather spotty until the passage of the 'bone dry law' in (IIRC) 1904. From 1890 until 1904, my grandfather ran one of several open saloons in my hometown. Technically a criminal, he was a respected businessman, with a half page advert in the city business directory reading, 'Max Weismiller, dealer in fine wines, spirits, and cigars'.

@Alverant 5 жыл бұрын

One interesting note, to keep his job one of the feds charged with enforcing Prohibition went on to demonize marijuana, using anti-Mexican sentiment to get it made illegal. That's right, millions of people went to jail for smoking weed just so a racist bureaucrat could keep his cushy job.

@franklinkarrass5830 5 жыл бұрын

Some info here I was unaware of, thanks. 👍🏻😃

@msoda8516 5 жыл бұрын

Yet we learned nothing and went on to fight the losing war on drugs

@jollyrogerq 5 жыл бұрын

So Simon here's my question for a future episode. How do Pharmaceutical companies come up with the names of drugs and how does someone get that job?

@7-ten 5 жыл бұрын

It wasn't people that made alcohol that were bootleggers, it was the people that smuggled and ran the alcohol that were bootleggers.

@oscartango2348 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, you found the one good thing to ever come out of the state of Kansas.

@justingathright1670 5 жыл бұрын

👍!👍! Good job & thanks for the knowledge.

@0Buddhaspot0 5 жыл бұрын

Ya the bootleggers used to throw bags of flour across the road, to signal that the law was down said road

@skippy2987 5 жыл бұрын

That last bit reminded me of an old British law about kit-cars (home built vehicles). If a car came with assembly instructions it came under one section of law, if not it came under much more favorable rules (or maybe it was quotas, not really sure).