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A Boring Dystopia

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Americans Are Sharing The "Normal, Everyday" Aspects About The US That Are Actually Dystopian, And I Can't Believe We Tolerate Some Of These (www.yahoo.com)
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[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't pledging allegiance to a piece of colored fabric count as "worshipping a false idol?"

You know... considering they've got that whole ten commandment thing coming and all.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's also not required on a daily basis, or even at all. Haven't actually said the pledge since grade school.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah it's hard to force adults to do mindless cult shit. But it's completely normal to force that on kids.