• InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
    11·
    1 month 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·
      1 month 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.