Medicines, Stimulants and the Substances They Sold You, Banned You From and Used Against You (MYT 012)

Made Ya Think (MYT) Episode 012 Show Notes

Who Profits From Your Habits? Prohibition, Addiction, and the Hidden Incentives Behind Modern Life

What if prohibition never eliminated substances—it simply changed who controlled them? In this episode of Made Ya Think, Darrell Becker explores prohibition, organized crime, Rockefeller, social media addiction, and the hidden incentives shaping modern life.

Most people assume addictions emerge naturally.

But what if many of our habits were carefully cultivated by powerful interests?

In Episode 12 of Made Ya Think, Darrell Becker explores a provocative question:

Who benefits when a substance is prohibited—and who benefits when a behavior is encouraged?

From ancient psychoactive plants to the Boston Tea Party, from Rockefeller and Prohibition to social media algorithms, this episode follows a recurring pattern throughout history:

SEE THROUGH IT.
BUILD THROUGH IT.

Super-Commodity

A desired good, service, or activity transformed by prohibition into a concentrated wealth-and-power engine.

The commodity does not change; the legal environment changes.
Prohibition reduces competition and creates extraordinary risk premiums.
Hidden wealth accumulates outside normal oversight.
Functions include wealth storage, settlement, bribery, corruption, covert funding, and power concentration.
Examples: alcohol, opium, cocaine, cannabis, smuggling networks, human trafficking, and slavery.
Core pattern: demand + prohibition = super-commodity.
The mechanism—not the commodity—is the real discovery.

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