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Reason
Jason Russell

Review: Prohibition Makes for Good TV but Bad Government Policy

The Peaky Blinders gang looks just as badass in the final season of their British crime drama (Peaky Blinders, available on Netflix in the U.S.) as it did in the first. There's plenty of smoking, drinking, fighting, shooting, scheming, drugs, suits, flat caps, and undercut haircuts to go around.

During the show's run, the gang, led by the Shelby family, has gotten rich through violence and exploitation of government connections and actions. It first made its wealth through a technically legitimate gambling business—acquired, however, through violence against a prior operator.

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