A future society criminalizes common commodities (chocolate, caffeine, water usage), creating black markets and organized crime families that mirror historical prohibition dynamics but with everyday consumer goods.
Directly models prohibition economics: how criminalizing demand creates criminal supply chains. Applicable to drug policy, water rights, and any regime that restricts common goods.
Domains: Economics and Resource AllocationGovernance and Political Systems
Scenario Types: Warning / Self-preventing prophecySatire / Social commentary
Outcomes: DystopianCautionary
Tags: prohibitioncommodity-controlblack-marketorganized-crime