• gedaliyah@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Is there a difference between pledging allegiance to a flag or a republic in general vs to a particular person?

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      It is incredibly weird and bad for a self titled republic to require its children to pledge allegiance. Arguably, only public officers (millitary, elected officials, government workers, etc) should be pledging allegiance as a sort of oath ceremony.

      Dont get me started on Texas’s state pledge

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      Isn’t the flag just a symbol, considering the person in charge changes? If so, you could argue pledging allegiance to whoever is top dog is much worse than pledging allegiance to a mortal person. Not necessarily comparing US and NK here.