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It's kind of an odd take to suggest that people who have a different perspective to yours have been "conditioned" into thinking that way.
In Australia the "corner store" type set up where you could walk a few minutes down the road to buy milk and a paper was more or less defunct by the early 00's. It's just not a viable business model.
I spent my 20s working in bars and restaurants and I did drink far too much at that time. I always lived a short walk away from wherever I was working. IDK why exactly but I'm just not interested any more. I haven't been trying to abstain but I'm pretty sure I haven't had a beer or any other sort of alcohol since December 2022. I can assure you that I couldn't care less about being a "sane distance" from a pub.
You do realise that this "not viable business model" works perfectly well in a number of countries?
i do believe you honestly mean the things you wrote. and maybe many other people believe that too... but if a person born in soviet russia would say that the decadent west is the root of all evil would you consider it as simply their perspective and someone who suggest otherwise as "having an odd take" for not accepting it? there are perspectives and there is reality.
i do believe you honestly mean the things you wrote. and maybe many other people believe that too... but it's just plain arrogant and maybe even delusional to assume everyone other than you has been conditioned to think contrary to reality.
But you are the one claiming other peoples perspectives are "odd takes" and you are the righteous one.
When I said that's an "odd take" I was trying to find an alternative to say that it's the height of arrogance to suggest that someone else's lifestyle preference is the result of conditioning, and that they would be happier in a row house.
Imagine talking about sexual preferences in this way. Honestly it's just an absurdity.
You think you are right and everyone else is wrong, that's the absurdity.