You’d think so, but I’m sure they have some weird fantasy of transforming the Boy Scouts into the MAGA Youth, and guiding them from scouts, directly into the military’s meat grinder.
The most dangerous demographic group for any Dictatorship are Military Age Males. If you don’t take control of them, they can be turned into an army against you.
So it’s best to filter them early, identify those who will be on your side, and can be properly educated as fuel for the government, and those who look like they could be trouble down the line, can be used as cannon fodder.
You’d think so, but I’m sure they have some weird fantasy of transforming the Boy Scouts into the MAGA Youth, and guiding them from scouts, directly into the military’s meat grinder.
The most dangerous demographic group for any Dictatorship are Military Age Males. If you don’t take control of them, they can be turned into an army against you.
So it’s best to filter them early, identify those who will be on your side, and can be properly educated as fuel for the government, and those who look like they could be trouble down the line, can be used as cannon fodder.
Exactly, they’d always counted on them serving as that.