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To be fair the whole Pledge of Allegiance thing in schools is already borderline authoritarian
by croes 2y ago
To be fair the whole Pledge of Allegiance thing in schools is already borderline authoritarian
- rsynnott 2y agoWhat I'm talking about isn't just the authoritarian flavour, though, it's the complete rejection of reality. China's authoritarian, say; so is Singapore, but they don't do the "Dear Leader is literally magical" thing that North Korea and, now, increasingly, the Trumpists do (though China used to with Mao to some extent).