Originally Posted by
NaeMairNeeps
Moral Compass? Social conscience? Are you fυckin wise?
Even if your proposed alcohol ban alleviates those known social issues you have mentioned, which it wouldn't, have you considered the 'flipside'?
Probably not ... so here's what you are proposing.
Hundreds of thousands of job losses ... and that's only the breweries, distilleries and dedicated retail outlets ( pubs and clubs)
Tens, perhaps even hundreds of thousands more as off licences and local/corner shops close or downsize staffing due to significant loss of takings.
Thousands more in services associated with the above
Thousands more from suppliers ( barley growers, farmers etc )
The result? Misery and poverty for families and communities..... leading to an array of associated social problems, and costs ... benefits, support etc.
Breakdown of traditional communities which had a brewery/distillery at it's heart, traditionally being a major employer.
Hundreds/thousands of other jobs lost due to downturn in local economies hardest hit by job losses.
Massive slump in the economy in general due to the huge drop in the collection of alcohol sales revenues ... leading to further cuts and job losses.
Surviving businesses, for whom alcohol sales were previously of significant benefit, supermarkets, local shops etc, will put up prices on everything else to fill the void ... thereby hurting already struggling families and likely creating poverty where previously none existed.
I could go on ... but if you have any clue about economics, you will realise that of all the 'dominoes' destined to topple, I have only covered possibly the first 7 or 8 of the set.
Perhaps when you get round to googling the definition of 'racism', you might also wish to google 'Nanny State' and 'Facsism' .... whether or not you agree such definitions apply to your, in my view, totalitarian suggestion, you cannot deny that the effect it would have would be compared to Thatcher's trashing of the Scottish steel industry and the UK coal mining industry.
... Maybe worse! .... folks losing their jobs, homes etc in the 80s could at least drown their fυckin sorrows!