Old news. There is a crackdown on alcohol for a few years and counting. Alcohol taxes a growing each year, there is a zero-tolerance to DUI offence and many other harassing things making massive drinking difficult. Just ten years ago you could insult a Russian refusing to share a bottle during a lunch break, today drinking early is a kind of deviant behavior and many people aren’t drinking at all.
To be honest, Russia was falsely advertised as the most drinking nation earlier, let alone today.
I know its exaggerated. They are far from the worst when it comes to alcoholism. South Koreans are particularly bad.
In the 1700s...Russia was known for it’s alcohol usage.
I think typical US alcohol consumption prior to the 1920s...was awful high, and it’s only been in the last fifty years that consumption in the US has gone down to some degree.
I remember this topic coming up about the construction of the Pentagon, and how the vast number of workers in the building were drunk or near-drunk as they were building it.
So, your thought is that the old drunks are dying off and the younger generation is not so burdened with the problem?
Since there is a recent uptick in the population, I had come to believe that the breeders have shunned the vodka.
It’s one method the privileged use to wage war against the people. A form of chemical warfare. Same reason the George Soroses of today dupe their leftist minions into pushing legalization of marijuana in this country.