alt Hacker NewsVoters overrule countless well-being experts to keep alcohol available everywhere.
This seems like entirely normal human behavior at every level of society, no? Of course asking Zuckerberg is a bit like asking a bartender, but we know very well that it's not only bartenders who'd be against stopping alcohol sales.
It is strange to condemn Zuckerberg for doing this unless you're also willing to implement the all the other (vastly more important) advice from wellbeing experts that we as a society have pretty decisively rejected.
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> bartenders who'd be against stopping alcohol sales
I think you'll find quite a few bartenders would be pro stopping alcohol sales. Something about having to deal with the damage alcohol causes on a daily basis...
It's the people really profiting from alcohol (and alcohol addiction) you want to keep your eye on (i.e. the owners and investors in the bars/breweries/distileries/etc)
> Voters overrule countless well-being experts to keep alcohol available everywhere.
Not completely true. Some states in India have complete bans on alcohol, and even some parts of the US prohibit its sale.
Not all bartenders would serve alcohol to anyone at at all times. But Z would, I'm sure.
Alcohol is a cultural universal where it is not outlawed and has been for thousands of years. It has the benefit of precedent social media does not have and it’s banned for children. Terrible point.
So you're saying we should implement age restrictions until the person is deemed mature enough to understand what the implications of their decisions are?