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>It seems to me like the whole thing is a choreographed process to show impressionable youngsters who lack self respect that they will be respected by society i
by Waterfall 6y ago
>It seems to me like the whole thing is a choreographed process to show impressionable youngsters who lack self respect that they will be respected by society if they wage war on its behalf.
We all had to do the pledge of allegiance in high school every day. You may see that as an adult, but after doing it for over a decade I was just saying we-puppet instead of republic and never understood what it meant or cared. It was just a habit, like saying death to america or something.
- sleavey 6y agoDoes the pledge of allegiance in school every day still happen? I always figured that was some sort of Cold War thing.
- Waterfall 6y agoNo idea, I think it still does. I doubt kids are being indoctrinated by it, its a ritual like lighting incense, we remember the ritual but not why or the context. Only now when people complain about it do I realize it had no effect on my patriotism. I didn't learn what a republic was for most of the years. What does one nation under god mean? No idea still.
- Balgair 6y agoDepends on school, district, grade level, etc. If I walked into any school in the country and saw it not/occurring, I would not be surprised or perturbed at all. It's just kinda part of life. Think how Japan does calisthenics before work/school every morning. Not everyone does it, but enough do that it's kinda just part of Japan.
- fit2rule 6y agoIt certainly seems to have set you up for a life of unthinking servitude to the state and its criminal military...
- dang 6y agoPlease don't take HN threads further into nationalistic flamewar. Denunciatory rhetoric is particularly unwelcome here, since it's the opposite extreme of curious conversation. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html