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The government targeted disabled people from some of the poorest communities in the country, who McNamara referred to as, "the subterranean poor."

Many of those drafted were illiterate, they had to be taught to tie their shoes, and they didn't know things like who the president was, even as they were being sent to kill and die on his orders for an imperialist war, for reasons they could not understand.

A book called McNamera's Folly records some stories of those recruited in the program. One thought a nickel was worth more than a dime, because it was bigger. One of them failed to attend training and was sentenced to four years of labor in prison, and the sergeant asked if anyone "wanted to join them in the stockade." Another conscript didn't know what the word "stockade" meant and thought it meant going home, so he said yes - he received the same sentence.

If you can believe it, this was actually sold to the public as a "progressive" program, as part of Johnson's "War on Poverty." The claim was that this would be a way to help the conscripts learn useful skills. in reality, a study by the DoD itself found:

Comparisons between Project 100,000 participants and their non-veteran peers showed that, in terms of employment status, educational achievement, and income, non-veterans appeared better off. Veterans were more likely to be unemployed and to have a significantly lower level of education. Income differences ranged from $5,000 [to] $7,000 in favor of non-veterans. Veterans were more likely to have been divorced.

Obviously.

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[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Lmao. The article says nothing about religion. Do do you just like proselytizing? You should consider joining a church if you have that level of fanaticism

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You sound Christian. Try thinking around your brainwashing and you will see it’s all a tool to make you feel good about your in group to the point they can do no wrong. Same with Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, any and all of them.

They make you feel powerful via strength in numbers, following shallow rules that, to be fair, can keep you healthy (Halal and Kosher are mostly about preventing food poisoning and/or unhealthy eating habits), etc

And then they say “give all your material value to us! For the cause!” or else sky daddy is going to smite you! Or punish you for ETERNITY!

You must do what this human man said a god says to do or else the god will torture you endlessly sums up like 99% of all organized religions.

Pretty fucking sus.

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is this your first day on the left side of the interwebs? Atheists and agnostics are the norm. We're mostly over it and not every shitty thing done is a direct religious issue.

Religion is just another control. Causes not symptoms.

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

This. I won't hate on someone for their beliefs. I will not tolerate hate and intolerance though. I will judge you by your actions and inactions. Ya wanna worship TFSM, cool, wear your collander in pride. Go forth and show peace to all, I shall not infringe.

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