This would be an interesting conversation to have but a lot of it may come across as encouraging people to drink. With the wide age group we have on here I dont want to sound like I am doing that. I will stick to the science an history of it.
Running a still takes skill. Making something that is 20 or 30% is easy an it still tastes like what ever it was made out of or can be put in barrels to take on the flavor of the wood. Making something stronger takes a lot more skill but strong means removing any good taste an replacing it with fire. Because more impurities have been removed you are getting more for your money an when you add it to a drink you like it takes less an puts less off flavors in to the drink. Thats why I say the good stuff tastes bad. Its better made, more for your money an you can do more with it but it, its self tastes bad.
All of that is referred to as booze. Wine was not called booze cause everyone drank wine. Dr. Welch's Unfermented Wine (now Welches grape juice) came out in 1869 right after he invented pasteurization. Before that everyone drank wine even in church. So calling what they drank in church as booze would have been odd.
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