Good God!
In the Royal Navy its 3 beers per man per day, every day. (Coke tin sized or 2 beers if the tins are larger, depends what the NAAFI ordered in). There are usually a few extra tins going spare if you want it and a blind eye turned, though getting drunk on board (let alone on duty) is a serious offence. Frankly, its rare for anyone to act like a knob.
Mate, two beers is 45 days is mad. No way are us British going to sign up for that!
The same reasoning applies for daily consumption of high amounts of calories from sweet drinks and snacks.
There is a large spectrum between this and rabbit food.
Ah, so that's what this is about. Your objection to universal healthcare and a desire to regulate other peoples personal lives based on your own morals.
But if to want society’s resources, seems fair for society to want something from you.
People don’t seem to have a problem with dangerous drivers paying more for auto liability insurance. In the US, we subsidize healthcare costs from alcohol use and overeating, but we explicitly charge people more for healthcare costs due to tobacco use.
It’s all just various political tribes flexing on who can get away with what.
Imagine you are 21 and unable to spend money, have free housing (the ship) and free food, then you land in a foreign country where you can finally drink after 8 months at sea with all the money you saved.
It's high high's and low low's
Officers make good many anyway, but that's pretty funny imagining execs yelling at you to pay your bill.
Ground troops in Iraq and Afghanistan in the Global War on Terror were under General Order #1, which prohibited alcohol in theater, but elsewhere like Djibouti and Qatar were authorized three beers a day maximum.
Ships usually pull into port somewhere in the world more often than every 45 days outside of large-scale combat.
Could be different now