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A tsarrible idea (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

His family got rich of the vodka since they basically had the monopoly on the vodka trade, they earned a shit ton of money of Russian state liquor. And by keeping the populace in a constant drunk state it made sure they stayed in power. Kinda ironic that his alcohol ban probably started political unrest and eventually the fall of the empire.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And by keeping the populace in a constant drunk state it made sure they stayed in power.

It's a good thing we don't do that anymore.

Sarcasm, I'm being sarcastic everyone

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

But even after the fall the ban was kept in place.