> Were early modern people perpetually drunk?
It's an idiotic premise. Turn up to work drunk and see how well you do.
Who the hell would want to do a labourer's job drunk.
Who would hire someone drunk?
Imagine the whole workforce drunk?
Even tipsy, seems worse, the afternoon sucks after lunch drinks.
I think if you look at current 3rd world countries they are not far off culturally to 'Early Modern People'
There's a huge crutch on alcohol, it kills a lot of people.
But most people are not drunk (or tipsy) most of the time.
It's an idiotic premise. Turn up to work drunk and see how well you do.
Who the hell would want to do a labourer's job drunk.
Who would hire someone drunk?
Imagine the whole workforce drunk?
Even tipsy, seems worse, the afternoon sucks after lunch drinks.
I think if you look at current 3rd world countries they are not far off culturally to 'Early Modern People'
There's a huge crutch on alcohol, it kills a lot of people.
But most people are not drunk (or tipsy) most of the time.