• @InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
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    1112 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
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      410 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.