It's such a small thing, but the pledge of allegiance still weirds me outpic.twitter.com/11yM4HJKuQ
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I couldn’t believe it when I heard about the daily pledge of allegiance, thought my friend was joking. Is it possible to say “our job is to brainwash kids” any more clearly?
I cannot imagine that there's any way for this to not look extremely strange and somewhat disturbing to anyone from another western democracy that does not do this
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Tom Wolfe’s jibe that fascism is forever descending in America and landing in Europe occurs to mind. Part of this country’s genius was being able to turn 20th century forces towards often productive ends; it is no surprise that may have required means which now seem strange.
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Alternate theory: inadequate equilibria. Pledge of Allegiance weirds me out, but I think of it more as a quaint relic that, while Americans aren't particularly passionate about, would look unpatriotic to get rid of, so we keep it around
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(something something malice vs incompetence...)
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Israeli here. We have conscription and far more pro-military in general, and the pledge of allegiance still weirds me the heck out.
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