The morning pledge was intentionally pushed during a time when it was considered people were insufficiently patriotic. To make it even more fascistic it used t

The morning pledge was intentionally pushed during a time when it was considered people were insufficiently patriotic. To make it even more fascistic it used to be the Roman salute pre-WWII. The US is surprisingly Germanic. I think the multitude of anthems are pushed by military funding to intentionally conflate patriotism with support for the military. One thing I especially don’t like is the reflexive ‘thank you for your service’ that has entered into polite behavior. I believe that was an intentional and highly effective campaign. I personally refuse to do it even to be polite. I take the Smedly D Butlers view that ‘War is a racket’.