It’s one of the many reasons for America’s extreme patriotism. The pledge of allegiance is child indoctrination. It’s not a coincidence that the terminology for armed force recruitment is: RAISE, Train, Sustain.
I was an Aussie citizen when I was told to recite the pledge of alliegance in a US kindergarten. That same country refused to give us green cards, so apparently the allegiance was one-way only.
I’ll be honest I do not feel like I lost out. Australia is shitty in so many ways but I’d rather be here than there.
Having to swear loyalty to your country at the start of every school day is NOT NORMAL.
Sincerely, an Australian.
It’s one of the many reasons for America’s extreme patriotism. The pledge of allegiance is child indoctrination. It’s not a coincidence that the terminology for armed force recruitment is: RAISE, Train, Sustain.
Seems like raising an army has some very ancient roots, personally.
Standing armies are some newfangled nonsense.
Of course we need forever armies, how else can we fight forever wars?
Australian here too. In late primary school I stopped singing the national anthem at assemblies because it felt… Weird.
As an adult, after the Cronulla riots I stopped even standing for it.
It’s also a really shitty anthem.
I was an Aussie citizen when I was told to recite the pledge of alliegance in a US kindergarten. That same country refused to give us green cards, so apparently the allegiance was one-way only.
I’ll be honest I do not feel like I lost out. Australia is shitty in so many ways but I’d rather be here than there.