• NutWrench@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    A country that truly believes in freedom and democracy shouldn’t require you to take a loyalty oath every day.

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      4 months ago

      This whole thing is such a mind fuck and crazy process for people outside merica. I really thought it was a joke on movies, but realising that they are really all brainwashed since children like this makes a lot more sense when you consider everything.

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        4 months ago

        The idea that “things don’t exist when we stop believing in them” is something that most of us outgrow at an early age.

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          Object permanence applies to tangible objects, basically things explained by physics and constituted from energy.

          A nation is a construct of collective imagination, much like religion and economics.

          National patriotism is a religion which worships dirt.