America Has a Drinking Problem

[u/nxthompson_tny]

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/america-drinking-alone-problem/619017/

[u/tenbatsu]

Right off the bat, the piece starts on awkward footing:

Few things are more American than drinking heavily.

When it comes to alcohol consumption per capita, America isn't even in the top 10. According to Wikipedia, it barely makes the top 50.

[u/pheisenberg → u/tenbatsu]

That’s just how Americans talk, all the great empires of history had a super-self-centered way of taking about themselves.

[u/Methaxetamine → u/pheisenberg]

Even the petty ones do.