I’m not a historical person, so i don’t really get the reference or anything. D:

This was for the speculative fiction challenge. We were supposed to imagine how history would have been different if something had changed, so this is about life if prohibition were still around. This is US-centric, so if you’re in another country it might make even less sense.

And thanks both of you for reading!

A subtle point but well made, slipping in the dress code as signifying that successful run of prohibition would have been only the first step in more and more federal intrusions into personal choice. And the last line is nicely poetic.

Ah! Now I get it!

It’s funny… some states actually had prohibition in place until the 1980’s, and there are still “dry” counties here and there. Those tend to be the kinds of places where they get angry at the tax man, but then want to legislate how low you can wear your pants.

Very well done. A nice take on the challenge. I like that is was subtle.

The last line about prometheus is also spoken of in a book called A Raisin in the Sun. Do you know of that book?

I have heard of it, but it’s not a book, it’s a play. And it’s based on a poem by Langston Hughes that is awesome. Prometheus is a pretty popular symbol, used in a lot of literature since antiquity. Nothing new under the sun, not even raisins. Thanks for reading.

Very well done.