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England had a prohibition like the United States except it was in the 1700's when the United States prohibition was in the 1920's to 1933's..

It lasted much longer than the United States prohibition 30 years.

People still found ways to get alcohol.

Old ideas were dying because of the Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution in the 1700's changed a lot of things in major cities. Wasn't that big of a change for people outside of London.

That TV has been a major source of entertainment for the last 50 years in the United States.

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Other things that the industrial revolution brought?

Has TV died down with the internet or has it remained a constant or has it grown?

With all this free time why didn't people do something creative?

Is there any other examples of blogs?

Why did the government thing that just banning alcohol would solve all the problems. Why not tobacco or prostitution, why only alcohol was banned when there were other immoral things going on that kept on going through prohibition?

Why do people feel less lonely or less sad when they watch TV?

Why does TV seem to have a drug like effect on people (People rushing to see there shows or feeling happier when they do watch TV)?

Who categorized TV shows?

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There was a huge gin intake in the 1700's and 1800's in London.

That the amount of watched TV for the first time is lower than the past generation.

That Kenya there was terrible police brutality ad it wasn't even an out of the ordinary thing there.

That the Gin wasn't the problem, the out of work people who had nothing to do were the ones drinking. When the economy picked up then more people had to go to work and had less time to get drunk.

The United States is going through the same thing except instead of drinking. The United States is watching TV.

The amount of free time ballooned and because of that people are living longer and working less.

The three most common things since the 1950's is work sleep and watch TV.