I think abolishing hangovers should be high on the list of socialist goals. Did Marx or maybe Lenin ever write about this?

  • glimmer_twin [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Lenin would’ve just told you to sober up:

    “Whatever the peasant wants in the way of material things we will give him, as long as they do not imperil the health or morals of the nation,” Lenin famously declared late in life. “But if he asks for ikons or booze – these things we will not make for him. For that is definitely retreat; that is definitely degeneration that leads him backward. Concession of this sort we will not make; we shall rather sacrifice any temporary advantage that might be gained from such concessions.“

    The Bolsheviks banned distilling in 1919 too.

      • PaulWall [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        stalin said he didn’t want to “sacrifice any temporary advantage that might be gained from” banning distillation, so it was repealed. stalin’s all about them temporary advantages in the face of fascist aggression i suppose