The only thing wrong is your statement that central planning causes alcoholism..
What exactly is funny about this? work place condition is actually a contribution factory to alcoholism (not the only factor, check my 2 papers below) this is a fact, lack of life goals, monotonous work and lack of rewards, friendship and entertainment helps alcoholism. You know you will get nowhere in life.
Historically (with a few exceptions: prohibition in the early 1900s and Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign in 1985–87), the Russian government has encouraged drinking, as alcohol provided considerable revenue. It also kept the working class in an inebriated state, pre-empting public dissent against inadequate living and working conditions. However, when government control of alcohol production and sales was introduced, a return to former policies was swift, following widespread public discontent (White, 1996 ; Herlihy, 2002 ; Bassik, unpublished work).
https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/45/1/104/122295
and
https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/42/5/500/211380
if you read the papers you will see how works lacked discipline, this eventually led to the collapse of the soviet system, there is no accountability under socialist system. You can turn up drunk at work and no one will bat an eyelid. Try doing that in Australia and see where it gets you.
The workplace conditions are terrible, this lead to more frustration including absenteeism. Are you denying workplace conditions were terrible? if you don't have accountability, you have nothing. You can turn up drunk at work and this led to fights at workplace. Since wages were almost guaranteed, why would anyone work? It wasn't any different in East Germany/Bulgaria or other Eastern Bloc countries. Workplace conditions were terrible period. It wasn't the only contributing factor to alcoholism but certainly one of the major ones.
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