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During World War I, Britain enacted the Defense of the Realm Act (DORA), which partially prohibited alcohol for soldiers by limiting pub hours, reducing alcohol percentages, and restricting supply. This was due to concerns that soldiers were drinking…

It shows two merchants leaving their town. The one from a dry town has many items, while the other from a wet town has far fewer items to sell.

A man that signifies the government walks by a saloon and sees a commotion of a family fight from the father drinking and spending his money and time at the saloon instead of spending it with his family. The man ignores this due to the money he gets…

The comic is of an American flag being flown above many alcoholic exhausts which tarnish the flag. Staining the flag with alcoholic desire instead of the glory it used to have.

The poster puts a lot of emphasis onto the citizens of the nation. Without citizens resisting harmful supposedly then the nation will fall. This type of writing makes the reader very motivated to actually push towards banning alcohol.

This poster discusses Russia's recent government enforced prohibition, highlighting how citizens saved money by not drinking while acknowledging the state's lost alcohol revenue. It argues that such government intervention succeeded in Russia and…