• InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
    11·
    12 hours ago

    I believe part of free lunch was pushed by Eisenhower, who didn’t want malnourished troops. Odd for the patriotic to not see this any more.

    • piccolo@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      10 hours ago

      Because poor desperate people is easier to convince to fight petty oil wars. They learn you can only push to far with conscriptions before people start rebeling.