TBF, for alcohol you need a strong agrarian economy with surplus barley & wheat, which in turn would require relatively sophisticated equipment
<Looking at Egyptians and Nile Civilization>
garbageou on
Sober people in alcoholic societies need more infrastructure to deal with the problems alcohol causes. I’m also talking out my ass.
Narashori on
I mean the greeks and romans also very much did smoke cannabis and opium on top of drinking alcohol.
Jabclap27 on
I saw this posted as well by accounts like “worth_fighting_for_” and “trad.west.” But it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever
grudging_carpet on
More like habitable and milder climates vs cold and hard to live climates.
Just to overwinter, northern people have to work and gather months of firewood. Calculate this over years and just this surplus of wealth equates enormous development differences.
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TBF, for alcohol you need a strong agrarian economy with surplus barley & wheat, which in turn would require relatively sophisticated equipment
<Looking at Egyptians and Nile Civilization>
Sober people in alcoholic societies need more infrastructure to deal with the problems alcohol causes. I’m also talking out my ass.
I mean the greeks and romans also very much did smoke cannabis and opium on top of drinking alcohol.
I saw this posted as well by accounts like “worth_fighting_for_” and “trad.west.” But it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever
More like habitable and milder climates vs cold and hard to live climates.
Just to overwinter, northern people have to work and gather months of firewood. Calculate this over years and just this surplus of wealth equates enormous development differences.
Alcoholic societies bring depression
Milk societies – 🗿
I long for a stoner society