He doesn't assert that it played a greater role than material conditions anywhere as far as I can tell, but that prohibition was a contributing factor (which I find it hard to argue against).
I mean, prohobition surely is a material condition in itself, like the material conditions for bootlegging gangs or the drug trade involves prohobition making it more profitable.
The inflation that led up to the revolution was certainly part of the material conditions, and throwing out almost a third of your state revenue is something that will affect inflation.
He doesn't assert that it played a greater role than material conditions anywhere as far as I can tell, but that prohibition was a contributing factor (which I find it hard to argue against).
I mean, prohobition surely is a material condition in itself, like the material conditions for bootlegging gangs or the drug trade involves prohobition making it more profitable.
The inflation that led up to the revolution was certainly part of the material conditions, and throwing out almost a third of your state revenue is something that will affect inflation.
Taking away that homologous to what marx called 'opium of the masses,' is a shift in material conditions.
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