4th of july thoughts condensed revolutionary war was a terrible idea ex ante america is a lovely floating signifier and its crazy to try to burn it down pls stop if you are doing this battle hymn of the republic is the real national anthem send tweet
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kind of wonder what's happened to America as an identity working hunch is "Iraq" but idk it used to be that even counterculture and protest used the flag as a signifier and that sure seems to not be the case anymore sort of a shift from civic religion to civic atheism maybe
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old examples off the top of my head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCnEAH5wCzo … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiMrvDbq3s … peter fonda's regalia in easy rider
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but I think it's something analogous to rebellions in (eg) old countries where the rebels would frequently fight to "free the king from the clutches of his wicked counselors" or (maybe? sketchy) compare China's the Mandate of Heaven speaking of which https://twitter.com/turrible_tao/status/796225851444658176 …
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I don't actually know anything about this but also Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom is a fantastic crazy read
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