His family got rich of the vodka since they basically had the monopoly on the vodka trade, they earned a shit ton of money of Russian state liquor. And by keeping the populace in a constant drunk state it made sure they stayed in power. Kinda ironic that his alcohol ban probably started political unrest and eventually the fall of the empire.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And by keeping the populace in a constant drunk state it made sure they stayed in power.

It's a good thing we don't do that anymore.

Sarcasm, I'm being sarcastic everyone

[–] mibo80@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

But even after the fall the ban was kept in place.