Ambiwar [any]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 26 days agoIs there any current effort to organize a general strike in the United States?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up163file-text
arrow-up163message-squareIs there any current effort to organize a general strike in the United States?Ambiwar [any]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days agoWhat does dry mean here?
minus-squareFlorn [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·26 days agoUsually a “dry county” is one that’s banned the sale of alcohol, left over from Prohibition
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·26 days agoI didn’t realize there were still whole counties like that a century later
minus-squareInexplicableLunchFiend [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·26 days agoironically enough, many of them have the largest whiskey distilleries. Can produce it but not sell it.
minus-squaregayspacemarxist [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoAlcohol sales are prohibited
What does dry mean here?
Usually a “dry county” is one that’s banned the sale of alcohol, left over from Prohibition
I didn’t realize there were still whole counties like that a century later
ironically enough, many of them have the largest whiskey distilleries. Can produce it but not sell it.
Alcohol sales are prohibited