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0 pointsbill_joy_fanboy2y ago0 comments

Alcohol as a "luxury market" is really just a marketing gimmick. It's dressed up to be palatable and to entice people. Dealers gotta make money.

"Society" isn't really a unit. Plenty of people would happily make alcohol illegal if they had power. It's not ethically acceptable to drink in a lot of communities (even in the U.S.). Some countries prohibit alcohol present day.

My point is that the status of alcohol as "ethically acceptable" is far from universal.

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crtified2y ago

It is not universal, but it is a common component of mainstream culture across China, India, Russia, USA, Canada, most European countries, most Central and South American countries, most African countries, Australia, Japan, and others - encompassing a majority of the human population.

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0 pointsbill_joy_fanboy2y ago0 comments

Alcohol as a "luxury market" is really just a marketing gimmick. It's dressed up to be palatable and to entice people. Dealers gotta make money.

My point is that the status of alcohol as "ethically acceptable" is far from universal.

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crtified2y ago

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