[fortes fortuna juvat]

In 1940, as a result of the introduction of the draft US Army psychologists found some 40% of recruits were illiterate.

And just as many suffered from a condition they called
‘’Momism’’. That was all of these young males had been so thoroughly spoiled by their mothers officers and noncoms had difficulty in having them follow orders.
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Makes one wonder how we managed to beat the Germans and the Japanese. Of course, in Europe Hitler’s stupidity and Russia’s weather were significant factors in the final victory. Meanwhile in the Pacific after Pearl the Japanese were thrown on the defensive and destroyed by a relentless allied offensive culminating in the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So in the final analysis our military leaders did a damn good job of transforming all those illiterate ‘Momma Boys’ into warriors!

[jmacusa]

They did because despite the ‘’momism’’ that generation of Americans didn't have anything in the way of the material abundance today's youth have. And they weren't told that their very existence on Earth was a wondrous miracle and their every utterance and bowel movement was akin to Holy Writ.