LINEAGE - Corruption at the Top

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

As someone without diabetus or an alcohol addiction, I can say I did hear a rumor, and it may just be a rumor, that the USSR’s “Stoli” brand Russian vodka had a cap that had to be broken to be removed

Meaning it couldn’t be re-capped, encouraging the user to finish the bottle. And that alcoholism was in a sense encouraged by the USSR

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by NopeNopeNopeNope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As someone without diabetus or an alcohol addiction, I can say I did hear a rumor, and it may just be a rumor, that the USSR’s “Stoli” brand Russian vodka had a cap that had to be broken to be removed

Meaning it couldn’t be re-capped, encouraging the user to finish the bottle. And that alcoholism was in a sense encouraged by the USSR

oh yeah alcohol has always been a major source of russian state revenue as well as a tool for social control

drunk people can't revolt, but they also can't work too well

[Ciderpress]

counterpoint: booze makes people (soldiers) take bold risks and sometimes taking bold risks is the decisive factor in a battle or in a war

[Ekco]

booze and meth, making super soldiers since 1939

[loramin]

There's literally a wiki page on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_in_Russia.

TLDR; The Russian government hasn't always been pro-alcohol. Alcoholism has been a problem in Russian culture for a long time, and several governments (including the Bolsheviks ... at least initially) took steps to combat it.

But also ... both Ivan the Terrible and Stalin (as well as less famous Russian governments) created government monopolies on alcohol, and then made huge amounts of money off them (we're talking like 1/3 of the country's entire budget!)

When your entire base of power depends on the money coming from alcohol, you're pro-alcoholism ... even if you're not really pro-alcoholism.

[Ekco]

but those subways sure all clean though

[shovelquest]

They payed the workers in giza with beer to make pyramids.

[Ekco]

>Food historian recreates ancient Egyptian BEER using a 5,000-year-old recipe from the Pharaohs

>Ms Marks explained that the Ancient Egyptians produced and consumed vast quantities of beer.

>She said: 'Beer was so essential it was treated principally as a type of food.

>'It was consumed daily and in great quantities at religious festivals and celebrations.

>'Beer was an essential for labourers, like those who built the pyramids of Giza, who were provided with a daily ration of more than 10 pints

that works out to 40 dollars today to work on the Pyramids., i think that's less than the meme about a days wage in silver, iirc that works out to way above min wage today

[Ekco]

anyone not watching NASCAR right now is a communist btw

[Ekco]

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