Absolutely this. The American Cancer Association advises it is best not to drink alcohol. Alcohol use accounts for 5% of all cancers in the US.
So it’s a known carcinogen that also impairs judgements and motor functions, causes brain damage, and is habit forming. Just because it’s been socialized to be acceptable doesn’t mean it’s not deadly.
Well, yes. Businesses are run as dictatorships, not democracies. This is one of the reasons why no one who would “run a country like it’s a business” should be elected to public office.