• HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    People: drink alcohol to help them survive being exploited under capitalism

    WHO: “your vice is bad and you should feel bad! Now get back to work!”

    Also, I don’t know if anyone’s researched this, but I’m 99% sure the stress of being a wage slave and living paycheck to paycheck your entire life is far more carcinogenic than alcohol. Maybe that should come with a label too.

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      The facts are alcohol doesn’t help anyone to survive shit. We know that it’s the opposite, it makes life of people that consume it more miserable.

      It instead accumulates together with the stress you experience within your life. It adds more stress, not removes it. Cancer is just one thing, but alcohol is very disrupting to your endocrine (hormones) system, mental health.

      What you’re doing is a form of denialism. That denialism comes precisely from what those labels are addressing. You’re being constantly exposed to the image of alcohol as something to enjoy, a pleasure, relief. It’s constantly reinforced by movies, TV shows, media, advertisements.

      It’s not about knowledge. It’s about exposure. If you’re constantly exposed to an image of alcohol as a positive thing in your life then you will deny it’s impact despite the facts, science, and knowledge

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        The facts are alcohol doesn’t help anyone to survive shit

        Hard disagree… I did it just last night.

        Not everyone who drinks is an alcoholic.

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          Not all problems from alcohol come from alcoholism.

          There was a thought process that alcohol could apply some health benefits below a certain consumption level.

          It has been now accepted that there is no “safe” amount of alcohol.

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      There were a bunch of lies published by alcohol industry-backed groups about how a glass of red wine is good for your heart and shit. It probably would be helpful to bust those shitty myths.