Can alcohol be used as a form of control of the masses?

and if so , are we already controlledCan alcohol be used as a form of control of the masses?
Prior to the advent of the Richard J Daley Voter turnout system, Alcohol was used as a method to control elections. That is why laws were passed in many states to prohibit the sale of alcohol on election days.





Of course the Richard J Daley Voter Turnout System has since been superceeded by the Diebold Virtual Voter system of controlliong Elections %26lt;Grin%26gt;Can alcohol be used as a form of control of the masses?
Yes it can. It's a relaxer, so it encourages complacency with whatever is going on. It is also addictive, and delicious!
No alcohol makes people unpredictable and sloppy, it causes nothing but chaos.
Huh!? How many civil groups of drunks have you ran into?
Sure - once could argue that if peope are not sober, they are not as likely to be able to pull of great actos of thinking and coordination over time.





I raised a similar issue here the other day when UI got tired of seeing the same ';why is pot illegal'; question 10 times a day.





I mentioned that even if it should be, for the past 60 years or so, the people who care the most have not been able to get organized enough to persuade everyone to change the law.





I guess youcould make the same case for alcohol, or at least a similar one.





OTOH, there has never been any complex society where there were no mind altering substances that I know of, so I wouldn't fall prey to any grand conspriacy theories.
i agree with the first one
No, because people under the influence are irrational and unpredictable, not ';controllable';.





EDIT: Merriam Webster definition of control: ';to exercise restraining or directing influence over';. Very hard to restrain or direct influence over drunks. Or,don't you watch ';COPS';?
Yes, provided that you want the masses to be obnoxious and shout Woooooooo a lot.